Chairman’s Statement of the 27th ASEAN-Japan Summit

10 October 2024 -

The 27th ASEAN-Japan Summit was held on 10 October 2024 in Vientiane, the Lao PDR. The Lao PDR Prime Minister, Sonexay Siphandone, chaired the Summit. The Summit was attended by ASEAN Member States, Prime Minister of Japan ISHIBA Shigeru, as well as the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste as Observer. The Secretary-General of ASEAN was also in attendance.
ASEAN-Japan reiterated our support for the Lao PDR’s priorities for its ASEAN Chairmanship 2024 under the theme “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience,” which reaffirmed ASEAN’s commitment to strengthening the ASEAN Community through intensifying ASEAN cooperation under the three community pillars, promoting infrastructure connectivity, narrowing the development gaps, enhancing economic integration and people-to-people exchanges, and further strengthening ASEAN’s relations with external partners, while maintaining ASEAN’s relevance and ASEAN Centrality in the evolving regional architecture. We applauded the Lao PDR for successfully convening the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and Related Meetings in July 2024, in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

The Chairman’s Statement looked forward to the implementation of more concrete programs and projects under JAIF 3.0, supported by Japan’s contribution of USD 100 million in 2023.

ASEAN welcomed Japan’s support for several projects, including the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Post-2025 Strategic Plan, Implementation and Assessment of the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity, Enhancement Awareness Programs of the Dangers of Mine/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) among ASEAN Member States, The 1^st-G7 Next Leaders Forum, IAI Attachment Programme, including new participation of Timor-Leste from the next Batch, as well as its support for the Master’s Degree Programme, which is designed for Attachment Programme Graduates from CLMV Countries, the establishment and operationalisation of the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED), AHA Centre Executive Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management Programme (ACELEDMP), and others.

Full statement here.