1. The Twelfth ASEAN Law Ministers’ Meeting (“ALAWMM”), held on 25 January 2024, was hosted and chaired by Myanmar, via video conference.
2. The Meeting noted ASEAN’s accomplishments, in particular, the implementation of its community and integration agenda as reflected in the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, and supported the on-going work on the development of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. The Meeting also congratulated Indonesia on its successful Chairmanship in 2023, under the theme “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth” and welcomed the Lao PDR on its assumption of the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2024, under the theme “Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”. The Meeting reiterated the commitment to strengthening ASEAN’s unity and centrality, as well as to building an open, transparent, inclusive, and rules-based regional architecture anchored in international law and with ASEAN at the center, for peace, stability, and development in the region.

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