Statement & Communiques

WE, the Transport Ministers of ASEAN Member States and the People’s Republic of China, have convened the ASEAN-China Transport Ministers' Special Meeting on COVID-19 on 16 July 2020 through Video Conference. Recognizing that the global COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented threats and challenges to the whole world, including the severe disruption to economies and the devastating [...]

ASEAN will be launching the inaugural ASEAN Online Sale Day (AOSD) on ASEAN Day, 8 August 2020, the first time that an on-line shopping event will be conducted collectively on a region-wide scale. On 15 July 2020, the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on E-commerce (ACCEC) officially launched a website dedicated to the AOSD (http://aseanonlinesaleday.com), which will [...]

1. The Special ASEAN-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 took place via video conference on 30 June 2020 to discuss ASEAN-Australia cooperation on public health emergencies, especially in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and charting a recovery course towards a sustainable, peaceful and prosperous post COVID-19 region. 2. The Meeting was co-chaired by the Hon. [...]

ASEAN extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar for the tragic loss of lives after days of heavy rain caused a landslide in the jade mining sites in Kachin state, Myanmar on 2nd July 2020. Download the full statement here.

We, 20 youths representing nearly 220 million ASEAN youth, would like to take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to ASEAN Leaders for allowing us to speak out the voice of ASEAN youth. We are delighted to see the time and efforts of ASEAN leaders have put into nourishment and development of young [...]

1. The ASEAN Leaders’ Special Session at the 36th ASEAN Summit on Women’s Empowerment in the Digital Age was held on 26 June 2020 via videoconferencing. The Special Session was chaired by H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Viet Nam, in his capacity as the Chairman of ASEAN and was attended by Leaders of [...]