Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered pre-recorded remarks at the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on Fostering Solidarity for Arms Regulation and Security Cooperation held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In his remarks, Dr. Kao highlighted ASEAN’s ongoing efforts to strengthen regional cooperation in addressing illicit arms flows and combatting arms smuggling, as one of ASEAN’s eight transnational crime priorities under the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime (AMMTC). He recognised recent milestones, including the ASEAN Declaration on Combating Arms Smuggling in 2023 and the renewal of the ASEAN Plan of Action in Combatting Transnational Crime for the period of 2026–2035, which would guide practical cooperation in ASEAN and contribute to setting the trajectory of ASEAN efforts to combat arms smuggling.