Chairman’s Statement of the 28th ASEAN Plus Three Summit

1. The 28th ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27 October 2025. The Summit was chaired by the Honourable Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia as the Chair of the APT, and attended by ASEAN Member States, the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as well as the Secretary-General of ASEAN. The Director of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) and Chair of the East Asia Business Council (EABC) 2025 were invited to provide their perspectives on the region's macroeconomic and financial outlook, as well as regional economic growth, respectively. The Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) attended as an observer.

Review and Future Direction of ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Cooperation

2. We noted the progress in the APT cooperation over the past year and discussed its future direction. We reaffirmed the commitment to further strengthening and deepening the APT process which plays a key role and remains as a main vehicle for advancing regional community-building efforts and in promoting peace, stability, security and prosperity in the East Asian region with ASEAN as the driving force. We also recognised the importance of the APT to ASEAN's efforts towards realising the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Work Plan IV (2021-2025), and deeper regional integration in East Asia.

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