WE, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), namely Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the occasion of the 46th ASEAN Summit, on 26 May 2025;
RECALLING the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together (Kuala Lumpur, 2015), the Ha Noi Declaration on the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (Ha Noi, 2020), the ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on ASEAN Connectivity Post 2025 Agenda (Phnom Penh, 2022), the ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on the Development of the ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (Labuan Bajo, 2023), and the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the Development of the Strategic Plans to Implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 (Vientiane, 2024);