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, today held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Huot Hak, Minister of Tourism of the Kingdom of Cambodia, on the sidelines of ASEAN Tourism Ministers’ Retreat 2025, in Melaka, Malaysia. Both sides discussed ways to further promote sustainable tourism develo
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Dato’ Sri Tiong King Sing, Chair of ASEAN Tourism Ministers’ Retreat 2025 and Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Malaysia, in Melaka, Malaysia, to exchange views on advancing regional tourism cooperation. The meeting h
Together with the Chair of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) for 2025 and Minister of Investment Trade and Industry Malaysia, H.E. Senator Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today briefed the Media during a Press Conference f
The Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, attended the 9th AEM-Hong Kong, China Consultation held today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Meeting discussed, among others, the progress of the implementation of the ASEAN-Hong Kong, China FTA (AHKFTA) and ASEAN-Hong Kong, China Inves
1 The Ninth ASEAN Economic Ministers-Hong Kong, China (AEM-HKC) Consultation was held on 26 September 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Aziz, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry of Malaysia and H.E. Algernon Yau, Secretary
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today attended the 14th AEM-Russia Consultation, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Meeting discussed ways to strengthen economic relations between ASEAN and Russia as well as between ASEAN and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The Meeting also ex
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Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Algernon Yau, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Hong Kong, China, on the margins of the 57th AEM Meeting and Related Meetings, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They discussed ways to enhance cooperation between ASEAN and Ho
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, H.E. Nararya S. Soeprapto, together with the Vice-Minister of Justice of Japan, H.E. Kanda Junichi, opened the 2nd ASEAN-G7 Next Leaders Forum this morning in Tokyo, Japan. In his Opening Remarks, DSG Nararya emphasised the
