Newsletter from the Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN no. 21: Towards the ASEAN-related Summit Meetings

28 August 2024 -

After the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ Meetings in late July, it is now time to push towards the ASEAN-related Summit Meetings in the first half of October. In late August, the ASEAN+3 Preparatory Senior Officials’ Meeting (APT Prep-SOM), the East Asia Summit Preparatory Senior Officials’ Meeting (EAS Prep-SOM), and Connectivity-related Meetings were held in Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Lao PDR.

This month was also packed with events such as the ASEAN Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) training, in which Japan cooperated; an exchange of views with participants of the ASEAN Junior Fellowship Programme (AJFP), which Japan joined the cooperation this year; the ASEAN Day commemoration; the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting; and more. The events were successful in steadily advancing cooperation and exchanges between Japan and ASEAN.