ASEAN, Japan to advance partnership to new heights
Jakarta (VNA) - The 17th ASEAN-Japan
Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting has been held, reaffirming both sides’
commitment to further advance their partnership to mark the 50th Year of
Friendship and Cooperation.
Permanent Representative of
Thailand to ASEAN Urawadee Sriphiromya and Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN Kiya
Masahiko co-chaired the June 6 meeting.
The meeting noted the
substantive progress made in ASEAN-Japan cooperation over the past year through
the effective implementation of the Revised Implementation Plan of the 2013
Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. All action
lines in the plan have been addressed with multiple programmes and projects
carried out in a wide range of areas.
Both
sides agreed to continue strengthening cooperation to facilitate the regional
recovery in the areas of trade and investment, digital economy, cyber security,
tourism, sustainable development, connectivity, smart cities, disaster
management, environment and climate change, food and energy security, public
health, sport and people-to-people exchanges, among others.
The
meeting welcomed various commemorative activities held this year to mark the 50th anniversary of the relationship. It looked forward to the
convening of the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit in December in Tokyo and its
deliverables which will set directions to advance future cooperation.
The two sides exchanged views on developments in ASEAN and Japan and
regional issues. ASEAN welcomed Japan’s support for ASEAN’s efforts in
mainstreaming the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP). In this regard, the
meeting welcomed the establishment of the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF)
3.0 with an initial contribution of 100 million USD from Japan to support
cooperation projects and activities relating to the implementation of the key
areas of AOIP./.