At the Plenary Session which discussed the agenda on ' ASEAN Community Building and the Way Forward' and 'External Relations and Future Directions', His Majesty in a titah acknowledged that ASEAN has navigated numerous challenges, including global pandemics and geopolitical shifts, through cooperation and consensus building. Despite these setbacks, ASEAN has made strides by forming partnerships, free trade agreements, and establishing various ASEAN centres, strengthening deeper trust and understanding, laying the foundation for regional peace and development. To this end, Brunei Darussalam looks forward to Timor-Leste's eventual membership and also remains committed to supporting Timor-Leste's endeavours.
As the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 is finalised, His Majesty appreciated the innovative and people-centred vision, which also emphasises on strengthening climate change cooperation, given the increasing number of extreme weather events resulting in the loss of lives, property damage, and economic losses. As such, once the ASEAN Centre for Climate Change has been established, it can contribute to implementing the Vision by offering policy recommendations to address this urgent issue. His Majesty noted that ASEAN has added a new Dialogue Partner and elevated five Strategic Partnerships to a Comprehensive level.
At the end of the Summit, outcome documents including Chairman's Statement of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit; ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on the Development of Strategic Plans to Implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2045; ASEAN Declaration on Enhancing Supply Chain Connectivity; ASEAN Declaration on Strengthening the Care Economy and Fostering Resilience Towards the Post-2025 ASEAN Community; ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on Strengthening Regional Biosafety and Biosecurity; ASEAN Declaration on the Prevention of Child Labour, including the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour; and ASEAN Public Health Emergency Coordination System, APHECS, Framework were issued and adopted.
At the Retreat Session, His Majesty and the Leaders of ASEAN and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste focused their discussions on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar as well as the exchange of views on regional and international issues.
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