Dr. Zaw Minn Aung, Chargé d’Affaires a.i./ Minister of the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Singapore, attended the 41st ASEAN-Japan Forum held at the Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel in Singapore on 26 June 2026. The Forum was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Albert Chua, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore, and H.E. Mr. Hiroyuki Namazu, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, attended by Deputy Ministers, Senior Officials from the ASEAN Member States, and representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat.
During the Forum, the representatives discussed the progress of the implementation plan of the Joint Vision Statement on ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. The representatives also deliberated cooperation between ASEAN and Japan relating topics of “Peace and Stability,” “Co-Creation of Economy and Society of the Future,” and “Heart-to-Heart Partners across Generations” under the three pillars of ASEAN. Furthermore, Japan proposed the Concept paper on the Joint Statement of the 28th Japan-ASEAN Summit on realizing ASEAN Community Vision 2045, and exchanged views on that matter.
