At the invitation of H.E. Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, will undertake a Working Visit to the Federative Republic of Brazil, on 18-21 August 2026. During the Working Visit, Dr. Kao will engage with a wide range of high-ranking government officials and key stakeholders, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Mines and Energy, the Minister of Sports, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, the Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, the President of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, the President of the Federal Supreme Court, and the President of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, among many others. As part of his efforts to promote ASEAN’s profile and visibility, Dr. Kao will deliver a lecture on “ASEAN Regionalism: Overcoming Challenges and Building a Community,” at the Institute of International Relations of the University of Brasilia. In addition, Dr. Kao is also scheduled to meet with the ASEAN Committee in Brasilia, where he would brief the Committee on the latest development on the work of ASEAN and discuss the current state and future direction of ASEAN-Brazil Sectoral Dialogue Partnership, as well as exchange views on the Committee’s role in advancing ASEAN-Brazil relations. The Working Visit of the Secretary-General of ASEAN to Brazil this time will be an important opportunity to promote the ASEAN-Brazil Sectoral Dialogue Partnership by highlighting positive engagements between ASEAN and Brazil and reaffirming their shared commitment to further strengthening cooperation in the years ahead.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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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
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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.
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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
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