Myanmar Delegation led by U Lwin Oo, Alternate Eminent Person (EP) of Myanmar and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar attended the 13th Meeting of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV) which was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 27-29 February 2024. High-Level Representative drafting session of the 13th Meeting of the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV) was held prior to the 13th Meeting of HLTF-ACV.

The Meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Chatoulong Bouasisavath, Eminent Person (EP) of Lao PDR as the ASEAN Chair and Mr. Dato’ Zainuddin Yahya, Eminent Person (EP) of Malaysia and Former Malaysian Ambassador, as the permanent shepherd Member State and it was attended by Eminent Persons, High Level Representatives and officials from ASEAN Member States and Timor Leste as an Observer, as well as Deputy Secretary-General and officials from the ASEAN Secretariat.

At the meeting, Deputy Minister expressed appreciation to Co-Chairs and commended High-Level Representatives for its efforts on the drafting of APSC Strategic Plan of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. He shared the view on the placement of the elements of Institutional Strengthening-related Strategic Measures, format and methodology of the development of the APSC Strategic Plan and suggested to consider the placement of the cross-cutting action lines in consultation with the Co-Chairs of High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI), Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA). He also highlighted the importance of continuous engagement with stakeholders, especially youth, women organisation, business community and academia to learn about their aspiration and suggestion for better future of ASEAN.

The Meeting exchanged of views on the three recommendations submitted by High-Level Representative drafting session of the 13th HLTF-ACV and provided guidance to HLR to conduct a drafting session via online to complete the first reading of the draft APSC Strategic Plan prior to the 14th Meeting of the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision in order to expedite the drafting process.

At the sideline of the Meeting, Deputy Minister had separate meetings with Mr. Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar and Mr. Phoxay Khaykhamphithoune, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR on 28 February 2024 and discussed Myanmar’s cooperation with ASEAN and bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Lao PDR on areas of mutual interest.