President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Thank God, the 43rd ASEAN Summit and other Summits have run smoothly. In the midst of challenging situation, Indonesia’s Chairmanship has produced concrete results as part of the measures to maintain peace, stability, and prosperity in the region. In the forum, I did in fact state that […]

Your Majesty, Your Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, Your Excellencies Leaders of the ASEAN Dialogue Partners, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, allow me to convey my highest appreciation to all Leaders and invitees for attending this closing ceremony. We have conducted 12 meetings during the three-day Summit and produced 90 outcomes documents, as well as […]

His Excellency General Secretary of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, His Majesty, Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, The preamble to the ASEAN and UN charters both start with ‘We, the peoples’, meaning that the people must continue to be our priority. And, in the midst of increasingly complex global challenges, wars and conflicts, food crises, energy crises, […]

Your Excellency Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Your Majesty, Your Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, The ASEAN and Canada partnership is entering a new phase today, namely as strategic partners. Welcome to the big ASEAN family, Prime Minister Trudeau. Hopefully, such things will provide greater benefits for our people and the region. Canada is ASEAN’s strategic partner in […]

Your Majesty, Your Excellencies Leaders of the ASEAN Plus Three, For more than two decades, ASEAN Plus Three has yielded a lot of results and become the driver of growth in the region. However, we shall never be complacent. We have to open and create new opportunities to cooperate, in which green economic development becomes […]

Good evening.Welcome to the 43rd ASEAN Summit Gala dinner. I know it’s been a long day. We had six summit meetings today. But now, let us enjoy this evening and celebrate our togetherness. This evening, Indonesia will present the best work of Indonesian youth. So, please sit back, relax and enjoy. Thank you.  

Bangladesh is a friend of Indonesia whereby this friendship must be strengthened with concrete cooperation which benefits our people. On this occasion, I would like to press three issues. The first is on trade. Our trade grows significantly, growing by 19.9 percent in the last five years, this still could be continually optimized by upcoming trade […]

Your Excellency Prime Minister Kishida, Your Majesty, Your Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, ASEAN and Japan have agreed to build strategic comprehensive partnership which is not only ceremonial and lip service, but it is in the form of concrete cooperation that gives mutual benefits. Japan as one of the most active partners of ASEAN and major supporter […]

Your Excellency President Yoon Suk Yeol Your Majesty, Excellencies ASEAN Leaders, Welcome to Jakarta, President Yoon. For Indonesia, ASEAN-Korea partnership is the partnership of the future, with the main pillars of energy transition and digital transformation. ASEAN’s dependency on 78% fossil fuel must be reduced. In the meantime, in the next decade the digital economy […]

Your Majesty, Excellencies Leaders of ASEAN, Her Excellency Vice President Kamala Harris. Southeast Asia is a very promising region with forecasts indicating that by 2045, it is projected to become the epicentrum of global trade and contribute 5.4 percent to the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Therefore, a strong and sustainable partnership between ASEAN and […]