the 14th ASEAN Summit

Informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Today (27 February 2009) at 09.00 hrs. at Dusit Thani Hua Hin, ASEAN foreign ministers met to convene the Informal ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, as a part of the 14th ASEAN Summit.

14th ASEAN Summit

The 14th ASEAN Summit marks a new chapter for ASEAN following the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter last December. Under the theme ‘ASEAN Charter for ASEAN Peoples’, the 14th ASEAN Summit underlines new era of ASEAN with people at the heart of cooperation. Besides, there are three sub-themes, namely ‘Towards More Effective Community-Building’, ‘Enhancing Regional Resilience against Global Threats’, and ‘Reinforcing ASEAN Centrality in the Evolving Regional Architecture’.