ASEAN Affairs: Coordination meeting on ASEAN Community Vision 2045

A coordination meeting on the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 among relevant Ministries of the ASEAN Political-Security Community Pillar, ASEAN Economic Community Pillar and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Pillar was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw.

It was led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Myo Htut. In his opening remarks, the Deputy Minister expressed his satisfaction on the finalization of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. He encouraged the relevant Ministries to continue their cooperation in line with their respective national plans in order to achieve national interest through regional cooperation.

He also discussed the future directions and prospects for Myanmar to be able to effectively coordinate in ASEAN during 2024, and encouraged the participants to exchange their views in an open and candid manner. And, Deputy Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr. Wah Wah Maung briefed the meeting on the completion of drafting the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 under the theme of “Resilient, Dynamic, and People-Centred”.

She stressed the need to formulate the attendant documents/ strategic plans of the ASEAN Vision in line with national action plans, and encouraged the line Ministries and relevant agencies under the three ASEAN Community Pillars to continue close cooperation and coordination.

Also, representatives from the respective Ministries exchanged their views on the contributions and cooperation of Myanmar as an ASEAN Member State, relevant programmes and activities which are carrying out under each pillar, and the future of ASEAN. Representatives from 10 Ministries under three ASEAN Community Pillars attended the coordination meeting.