The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
1. The 22nd ASEAN-China Summit was held in Bangkok on 3 November 2019. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha (Ret.), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, and attended by all Heads of State/Government of the ASEAN Member States and H.E. Mr. Li Keqiang, Premier of the State
Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN Chiba Akira presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi on 18 October 2019 at the ASEAN Secretariat.
TOKYO, 20 September 2019 – The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, met with several newly-appointed Japanese Cabinet Ministers during his recent trip to Tokyo on 19-20 September. This was the Secretary-General’s third visit to Tokyo this year.
In the two-day working visi
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation (“the Ministers”) met on 10 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand for the Eighth AEM-Russia Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea (“the Ministers”) met on 9 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand for the Sixteenth AEM-ROK Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce,
We, the Trade Ministers of ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand today welcome the significant contribution the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) has made to promoting regional economic integration and the prosperity of our peoples since it was signed 10 years ago. AANZFTA was a visi
Joint Statement of the Sixteenth AEM-ROK Consultations
1. Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea (“the Ministers”) met on 9 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand for the Sixteenth AEM-ROK Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Jurin Laksa
JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT
Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and China (“the Ministers”) met on 9 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand for the Eighteenth AEMMOFCOM Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of C
His Excellency Mr. Takashi Yamashita and Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi met and discussed deepening ASEAN-Japan cooperation.
JAKARTA, 19 NOVEMBER 2020 – ASEAN and Germany reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen relations and advance mutually beneficial cooperation at the 4th Meeting of the ASEAN-Germany Development Committee held via videoconferenceBoth sides welcomed the substantive progress made i
