1. The Seventeenth East Asia Summit Energy Ministers Meeting (17th EAS EMM) was hosted by Indonesia on 25 August 2023, in Bali. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Arifin Tasrif, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia. The Meeting was attended by EAS participating countries from ASEAN Member States, Australia, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America. The Meeting also welcomed the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Timor-Leste as an Observer.
2. Recognising the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the energy sector, promote sustainable development, and ensure continuing energy security and resilience, the Meeting reaffirmed their commitment to advance the region’s sustainability agenda and to foster green growth in the region. Further, with the conviction that energy security, resiliency, and the shift to cleaner energy are vital to realising these shared goals, the Meeting underscored the importance of enhancing cooperation within the EAS framework.

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