The 19 th ASEAN Summit concluded successfully with active participation
and support of member countries and its partners, affirmed Indonesian
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
In his closing speech, the
Indonesian President, who is ASEAN Chair 2011, said results of the 19 th
ASEAN Summit and related summits, as well as of the year of ASEAN
Chair by Indonesia contributed to tightening solidarity, friendship
and cooperation in ASEAN and between ASEAN and its partners.
Those achievements were important steps in the progress to build an
ASEAN Community of solidarity and strength by 2015 with an increasingly
active and effective involvement of the people in striving for common
targets to turn Southeast Asia into a region of security, peace,
harmonisation and prosperity.
President Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono
stressed that ASEAN position and role has been rising both in the region
and in the settlement of regional and global issues.
At the
summit, ASEAN leaders stressed high political determination and the
allocation of necessary resources to implement on schedule the process
to build the ASEAN Community on three pillars.
ASEAN leaders also
stressed the fully implementation of the Master Plan on ASEAN
Connectivity, which is important in the process to build a consolidated
ASEAN Community by 2015, considering it a leading priority in the
cooperation within ASEAN and between ASEAN and its partners.
Vietnamese
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked ASEAN to continue boosting
cooperation and proper investment in such fields as narrowing the gap of
development, promoting security, energy, and food security as well as
boosting cooperation to effectively deal with emerging challenges,
namely climate change, maritime security, environment, the sustainable
use of water sources of rivers, especially the Mekong river to
contributing to sustainable and uniform development in the region.
PM
Dung stressed that ASEAN needs to uphold its pro-active role in
building cooperation frameworks and standards of conducts in the region
for peace and building trust and development cooperation, and continue
bringing into play the role and value of existing forums and mechanisms
for peace and security in the region.
On this occasion, the
Indonesian President transferred the ASEAN Chair 2012 to Cambodian Prime
Minister Hun Sen, who affirmed Cambodia will do its utmost to fulfill
the role of ASEAN Chair and expressed his wish to receive support and
assistance from other ASEAN members and partners in 2012./.