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
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
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, had a brief engagement with the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the United States, Michael G. DeSombre, on the sidelines of the 20th East Asia Summit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Both sides exchanged views on ways to f
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended the 20th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Summit was attended by Heads of State/Government and High Representatives of the EAS participating countries. The President of BRICS and the President of G20 also attended th
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended the 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, together with Leaders of the RCEP Participating Countries, namely ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and the Republic o
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today joined other ASEAN Leaders, Foreign Ministers and invited guests, in a Commemorative Reception in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to celebrate Timor-Leste’s formal admission as the 11th ASEAN Member State.
Timor-Leste officially applied for ASEA
We, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Participating Countries – ASEAN Member States, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and Republic of Korea – gathered on 27 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the occasion of the 5th RCEP Summit.
We reaffirmed our commitment t
Recalling the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between ASEAN and the UN, adopted at the 4th ASEAN-UN Summit on 19 November 2011, in Bali, Indonesia, and achievements in the implementation of the first and second ASEAN-UN Plans of Action for the period of (2016-2020) and (2021-2025), r
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today participated in the 28th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The APT countries reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the APT framework, which plays a key role in fostering regional cooperation and add
WE, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, gathering at the 28th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit on 27 October 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
RECOGNISING the pivotal role of the APT members collec
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today had a pull-aside meeting with Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) Lee Hee-Sup, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They exchanged views on strengthening collabora
WE, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States (U.S.) gather on the occasion of the 13th ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 26 October 2025;
RECOGNISING that our cooperation has long been indispensable to ASEAN, to the United States,
