The ASEAN Defence Ministers met at their Retreat in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, on 19 February 2020. The theme “Defence Cooperation for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN” is chosen by Viet Nam as Chair of the ADMM and the ADMM-Plus for this year. In response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Ministers issued the [...]
The Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member States express serious concerns over the outbreak of the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which poses severe challenges to the well-being of the peoples and the development of our respective countries and the region and the world; We recognise the declaration by the World [...]
The second ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Development: Towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals was successfully convened in Brussels on 10 February 2020. It brought together senior representatives and experts of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and of the European Union (EU), the European Commission and the ASEAN Secretariat. The [...]
1. The ASEAN Member States would like to share our deepest sympathies to countries impacted by the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which has taken lives indiscriminately. Our thought and prayers are with family and friends who are affected by the virus and in hope that we will be able to fight this outbreak. [...]
The European Union (EU) – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior Officials’ Meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium from 10 to 11 February 2020. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service and H.E. Stanley Loh, Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign [...]
1. The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat was convened on 16-17 January 2020 in Nha Trang. The Retreat is the first gathering of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers in 2020 under the theme “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”. 2. We had in-depth discussions on ASEAN’s priorities for the year 2020 and the way forward for the ASEAN Community [...]
