Kuala Lumpur Declaration Sets Long-term Strategic Direction Of ASEAN
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- Southeast Asian leaders today adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future, setting a foundation to guide the region's development and cooperation over the next two decades.
The declaration, endorsed during the 46th ASEAN Summit here, represents a significant milestone in the bloc's commitment to building a more resilient, innovative, dynamic and people-centred regional community.
It also succeeds the current ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together vision adopted in 2015.
According to the Declaration, ASEAN member states reaffirmed their collective resolve to enhance regional unity, promote inclusive and sustainable development and strengthen institutional capacity to respond effectively to existing and future megatrends.
The document also envisions ASEAN as the epicentre of growth in the Indo-Pacific region, with a strong emphasis on regional solidarity, a shared identity and equitable access to economic opportunities among its people.
'We underscore the importance of enhancing ASEAN's resilience and promoting collective, efficient, effective and innovative responses to regional and global challenges and future shocks, which would help secure the future of ASEAN and its peoples,' the Declaration stated.
Among the key decisions made under the Declaration is the formal adoption of the ASEAN Community Vision (ACV) 2045 and its accompanying strategic plans across four pillars, namely Political-Security, Economic, Socio-Cultural, and Connectivity
The leaders agreed that the Declaration, as well as the ACV 2045 and its strategic plans shall comprise the ASEAN 2045.
They also reiterated their commitment to enhancing ASEAN's institutional capacity and effectiveness, including reforms to enhance the capacity of the ASEAN Secretariat.
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