Newsletter from the Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN No.10: Outcome of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related summits

29 September 2023 -

In early September, the ASEAN Summit and related summits were held in Jakarta, and Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. KISHIDA Fumio attended. In this edition, Ambassador KIYA Masahiko introduces events and achievements, focusing on the ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Ambassador had the opportunities to attend and observe a series of meetings, events and preparatory briefings throughout the Summits, and realised the significance of individual arrangements, decision-making and exchange of views in this highlevel diplomacy, which requires collaborative support of teamwork, individual ingenuity and efforts of so many people involved.

On 13 September, a week after the ASEAN Summit and related Summits, the ASEAN Hydrographic Survey Workshop was held in Jakarta, organised by Ministry of Transportation Republic of Indonesia. This workshop was held to share the results of the Malacca-Singapore Strait Joint Hydrographic Survey, which Japan is supporting through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF), with ASEAN countries and related industry following the completion of the survey (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism).

On 18-19 September, a workshop on ‘Lessons Learned from Humanitarian Assistance Operations in Turkey and Syria’ was held in Jakarta, organised by the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) and supported by JAIF. Japan has long been supported ASEAN’s efforts in the field of disaster management through the establishment of the AHA Centre in 2011 and cooperation in its subsequent operation. As part of its cooperation in mainstreaming and implementation of the AOIP, Japan would like to work with other partners, as it did in this workshop, to further strengthen disaster management in the Indo-Pacific region.