The 21 st ASEAN Summit and related summits closed in Phnom Penh onNovember 20 with Cambodia ’s transfer of the rotating ASEAN Chair toBrunei.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, PrimeMinister Hun Sen of the host country stressed ASEAN member countries’tireless contributions to the summits in order to make ASEAN a strongregional grouping under the criteria of “One Community, One Destiny”.
He said that the issuance of “Phnom Penh Declaration”and the Phnom Penh Action Programme” during 2012 - the year Cambodiaserved as the ASEAN Chair, are important and fundamental documents thatrepresent a determination to consolidate peace, security, stability,solidarity, prosperity and development in the region as well as puttingforth top priority measures towards an ASEAN Community by 2015.
Summing up achievements recorded in the fields of politics-security,economics, and socio-culture, Hun Sen said that the roadmap to the ASEANCommunity in 2015 will be realised.
According tothe Cambodian PM, the ASEAN and Chinese leaders adopted a JointStatement on the 10th Anniversary of the Declaration on the Conduct ofParties in the East Sea (DOC), emphasising the importance of the DOCand the full implementation of the document’s principles and regulationsfor peace, stability and security in the East Sea .
After receiving the ASEAN Chair from Cambodia, the King of Brunei,Hasanal Bolkiah, delivered a speech reflecting Brunei’s determination tofulfill its tasks in 2013./.