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
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The ASEAN-India Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) was constituted to undertake the negotiations. The ASEAN-India TNC reports regularly to the consultations of the ASEAN Economic Ministers, and India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry (known as AEM-India) through t
Priority Areas of Cooperation
At the 2nd ASEAN-India Summit in 2003, the Leaders signed the ASEAN-India Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation. The Framework Agreement laid a foundation for the subsequent agreements setting out more detailed commitments to liberalise trade in good
Overview
ASEAN and India established the full dialogue partnership in 1995. Since then, India has become one of ASEAN’s key trading partners. In 2024, the two-way merchandise trade between ASEAN and India reached USD 106.83 billion, while total FDI inflows from India amounted to USD 3.5 billion. T
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Overview
Key Documents Amended AJCEP Implementing Regulations (2022) Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)–Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan Consultation comprises the ASEAN Economic Ministers and the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The Consultation is held annually to r Priority Areas of Cooperation The Agreem Overview asean-japan-economic-relationstransparent600#0060a9 Overview
Key Documents Agreements Joint Declaration on ASEAN-Korea Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership (2004)
Key Documents
Agreements:
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
AEM–METI Consultation
Priority Areas of Cooperation
The Framework for Comprehensive Economic Partnership between ASEAN and Japan, signed by Leaders at the ASEAN-Japan Summit on 8 October 2003 in Bali, Indonesia, was aimed at establishing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement between ASEAN and Japan.
Overview
Japan’s formal relationship with ASEAN was first established in 1977 as among the first ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners. ASEAN and Japan commemorated the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in 2023. At the 26th ASEAN-Japan Summit on 6 September 2023 in Jakarta, ASEAN an
ASEAN-Japan Economic Relation
Key Documents
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