STORY: ASEAN summit concludes with fruitful results achieved
DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:17
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the 43rd ASEAN Summit related footage and city views
2. STANDUP (English): SUN LEI, Xinhua correspondent

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): SUN LEI, Xinhua correspondent
"The 43rd ASEAN Summit concluded here on Thursday in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital.
The three-day summit and related summits are under the theme 'ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.'
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the ASEAN Community, its unity and centrality at the 43rd ASEAN Summit.
ASEAN countries also reaffirmed their shared commitment to maintaining and promoting peace, security and stability in the region, as well as to the peaceful resolution of disputes.
They pledged to uphold regionalism and multilateralism and emphasized the importance of adhering to key principles, shared values, and norms enshrined in the United Nations (UN) Charter, the ASEAN Charter, and the Declaration on Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, among others.
A series of documents have been adopted at the Summit, including the ASEAN Concord IV, ASEAN Leaders' Declaration on ASEAN as an Epicentrum of Growth.
The ASEAN Concord IV consolidates the bloc's continued efforts to ensure that ASEAN matters for the region and its people, and remains an epicenter of growth in the region and beyond.
ASEAN countries have vowed to further encourage their partners to engage in practical and tangible cooperation with the bloc in the four key areas of maritime cooperation, connectivity, UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, and economy.
ASEAN welcomed the establishment of the ASEAN Local Currency Transaction Task Force and the completion of the Roadmap on Regional Payment Connectivity for ASEAN.
ASEAN countries also noted the importance of sustainable tourism as a catalyst for environmental conservation and economic growth.
The bloc members also agreed that the Philippines shall assume the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2026.
Founded in 1967, ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta.
(XHTV)