Найти похожее

📢 MGIMO University hosted the second #ASEAN and #EAS Student Model, organized by the ASEAN Centre together with the Southeast Asian Club of the Students Scientific Community of MGIMO and the MGIMO Endowment. This year the ASEAN and EAS model was dedicated to the digital agenda. 🔹️ H.E. Dato' Cheong Loon Lai, Ambassador of Malaysia to the Russian Federation who is currently chairing the ASEAN Moscow Committee 🇲🇾, H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov, Ambassador of Russia to ASEAN 🇷🇺 and Mr. Andrey Lyamin, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asia and Pacific Cooperation of the Russian MFA 🇷🇺 addressed the delegates at the opening ceremony. 🔹️Among the distinguished guests at the opening ceremony were H.E. Jose Antonio Morato Tavares, Ambassador of Indonesia to Russia 🇮🇩, H.E. Siphandone Oybouabouddy, Ambassador of Laos to Russia 🇱🇦, and representatives from the diplomatic missions of Brunei 🇧🇳, Cambodia 🇰🇭, Myanmar 🇲🇲, and Thailand 🇹🇭. Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre, moderated the session. 🔹️This year, the invited keynote speaker for the Model was Dr. Philips J. Vermonte, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia and Senior Fellow at CSIS Indonesia. Dr. Philips Vermonte delivered a lecture on the history of the formation of ASEAN and specifically addressed digital issues. 🔹️For the first time, foreign students from ASEAN countries — Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam — participated as delegates in the model. The Russian participants included students from MGIMO, the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and Tomsk State University. 🔹️Over the two days, the delegates moderated ASEAN and EAS summit sessions, presented country positions, and finalized respective joint statements. The organizers also introduced a new symbol of the Model — Vasean the Cat. 🔹️Participation in the Model allowed the students to improve their negotiation and presentation skills, explore the ASEAN Way of decision-making and try on the role of a participant of the ASEAN and EAS Summits. @aseancentremgimo

🌏 On July 10-11 in Kuala Lumpur, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the annual ministerial events of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (#ASEAN), including Foreign Ministers’ meetings in the format of Russia-ASEAN, the East Asia Summit (#EAS), and the ASEAN Regional Forum (#ARF) on security. ASEAN is the centrepiece of a system of interstate associations involving leading global powers and cooperation processes in the Asia-Pacific Region (APR). In the context of growing geopolitical risks, the current imperative is to strengthen the ASEAN-based architecture of security and cooperation, in particular, by enhancing the practical activities of its main multilateral mechanisms, including the EAS and the ARF. ☝️ Russia-ASEAN relations are a vital stabilising factor in the region amid the growing conflict potential in the APR. Moscow views ASEAN as a key partner in the implementation of President Vladimir Putin’s initiative for creating a Eurasian security architecture. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first #RussiaASEAN summit, which was also held in Kuala Lumpur. During the Russia-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on July 10, the sides will discuss a broad range of political, trade, economic, social and cultural issues in the framework of the implementation of the five-year Comprehensive Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership, which their leaders approved in 2021, as well as the preparation of a similar document for the next five years. <...> 📈 In 2024, Russia’s trade with ASEAN countries has increased by 5.8 percent and reached $23.2 billion. Their total investment in the Russian economy in January through September 2024 amounted to $2.3 billion, and Russia’s total investment in Southeast Asia was $12.4 billion. <...> The Association has been successfully developing links with both the #EAEU and the #SCO, building upon the memorandums of understanding between ASEAN and the EEC (2018) as well as the SCO Secretariat (2005). *** 👉 The East Asia Summit serves as a platform for strategic dialogue among Asia-Pacific leaders, including on issues such as strengthening regional security architecture. Priority areas of sectoral cooperation span the economy, energy, environmental protection, public healthcare, maritime cooperation, emergency response, food security, education and regional connectivity. <...> Russia has put forward a package of specific initiatives for the East Asia Summit. These proposals comprise creating a pan-regional collaboration mechanism for epidemic prevention, strengthening economic links through expanded tourism collaboration and remote regions development. For 2025, we have proposed that EAS leaders adopt a joint statement on enhancing social and cultural connectivity. *** 👉 We regard the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) as one of the crucial platforms for addressing topical regional challenges, developing measures to build confidence and advance preventive diplomacy, as well as fostering depoliticised security cooperation. Forum participants will approve several practical initiatives. Russia’s priorities include enhancing capabilities to prevent the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes. Read in full

🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’sremarks and answers to media questions following the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS) 📍 Vientiane, October 11, 2024 💬Sergey Lavrov: We have completed our meetings as part of the 19th East Asia Summit. President of Russia Vladimir Putin instructed me to represent him at this event. The discussions evidenced that our Western colleagues, who are #ASEAN partners <…> have been seeking to undermine the multilateral economic and security architecture which has evolved over decades with ASEAN at its core and which has proven its relevance and effectiveness. However, it is obvious today that the United States and its allies decided to draw the Asia-Pacific Region into NATO’s sphere of interests by creating all these narrow and exclusive US-led military and political associations. <...> ☝️ We have highlighted that this Western policy may lead to the region’s militarisation, while also threatening stability and sustainable development in the Asian part of our shared continent. Russia reaffirmed its unwavering support for ASEAN countries in their efforts to preserve peace and ensure equal cooperation with all ASEAN partners. <...> 👉 Instead of using the events held as part of the East Asia Summit for pursuing vested political interests, Russia opted for promoting initiatives in several domains, including pandemic response, people-to-people contacts, including tourism, and supporting volunteering. We offer practical avenues for working together which can benefit all the participants and advocate equal and mutually beneficial cooperation. <...> The Association hosted the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as its guest at the East Asia Summit for the third time. He put forward a proposal to promote closer contacts between the SCO and ASEAN in various spheres that are relevant for the countries involved. <...> We welcomed the fact that several ASEAN countries want to forge closer ties with #BRICS. Today, this structure acts as one of the cornerstones of a multipolar world order. In just a few days, Kazan will be hosting the BRICS Summit, which will be a major international event. Several ASEAN countries were invited to attend it, and they accepted these invitations. Excerpts from responses to media questions. Key talking points: • The final declaration has not been adopted because of the persistent attempts by the United States, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to turn it into a purely political statement, contrary to the decades-long practice of East Asia summits, which boils down to preventing the saturation of declarations with confrontational geopolitical narratives. • When the United States and its allies unanimously reaffirmed their commitment to ASEAN’s central role in facilitating cooperation in the region today, they were being dishonest. Everything they do is aimed at containing Russia and China. Everything that has been accomplished in the ASEAN-centric format over decades is being sacrificed to this goal now. That format was convenient for everyone and incorporated the interests of each and every stakeholder. So, the destructive nature of Washington’s actions in the region is obvious. • We are seriously concerned about re-militarisation of Japan. Having forgotten the lessons of WWII, the Japanese authorities have stated increasing defence spending and augmenting its basic doctrines with a pre-emptive strike capability. Read in full

🇷🇺 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes part in the 19th East Asia Summit (#EAS) 📍Vientiane, October 11, 2024

🗓 On March 8, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko participated in the East Asia Summit Senior Officials' Meeting (#EAS SOM) in Jakarta, Indonesia 🇮🇩. Senior officials discussed issues related to preparation for the EAS Summit and EAS Foreign Ministers' Meeting later this year. 🇷🇺 The Russian Side emphasized the importance of continuing joint efforts in key areas of cooperation within the EAS including implementation of the leaders' decisions on launching Regional Mechanism of Emerging Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control as well as establishing interaction among the EAS Participating States on tourism. As part of the exchange of views on topical issues in the Asia-Pacific, Russian delegation voiced its approach towards the military-political risks associated with building up a network of minilateral blocs of high conflict potential in the region and bringing NATO potential to the East Asia. ☝️ Russia reiterated its position on the maintaining and strengthening the central role of ASEAN in regional affairs based on ASEAN-led platforms of multilateral cooperation such as EAS, ARF and ADMM-Plus. #EAS

🗓 On December 21, at the invitation of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇷🇺 young diplomats of the #ASEAN Member States’ Embassies in Moscow took part in a New Year cultural tour to Sergiev Posad ❄️🪆. During the tour, the diplomats got acquainted with the center of Russian Orthodoxy - the Holy Trinity Sergius Lavra, learned about the life of its founder, St. Sergius of Radonezh. Representatives of Cambodia 🇰🇭, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Laos 🇱🇦, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Myanmar 🇲🇲, Singapore 🇸🇬, Thailand 🇹🇭 and Vietnam 🇻🇳 inquired about the prospects of establishing contacts with Sergiev Posad as an attractive destination for tourists from Southeast Asia. 🎄The diplomats expressed hope for strengthening ASEAN-Russia socio-cultural cooperation including the youth contacts in 2025.

📄ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE, STABILITY, AND PROSPERITY THROUGH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES AND PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY ✍️Adopted on the Fifth of August in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Two (2022) at the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. READ IN FULL ☝️ RECOGNISING the impacts and uncertainties posed by the growing complexities of regional and global security challenges, including traditional and non-traditional security issues, and ACKNOWLEDGING that such challenges require a holistic and comprehensive approach to address these challenges; ☝️ RECOGNISING the continued relevance of the ARF and the commitment of its members in promoting and maintaining peace, security and stability in the region and its vital role in building confidence and trust amongst its participants; ☝️ REAFFIRMING the role of #ASEAN as the primary driving force of the ARF and emphasizing that the active, and equal participation and cooperation of all ARF participants is critical for the success of the ARF; DO HEREBY ENDEAVOUR TO: ✅ Commit to maintain and promote peace, stability and prosperity through confidence building measures and preventive diplomacy in the spirit of upholding the fundamental principles of international law as reflected in the UN Charter and ASEAN basic principles, and shared values and norms; ✅ Support ASEAN Centrality as driving force in upholding an open, transparent and inclusive regional architecture based on the principles of international law; <...> _________________ 📄 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM STATEMENT ON REITERATING COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE SOUTHEAST ASIA AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREEZONE READ IN FULL ☝️ Noting that the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty) entered into force on 27 March 1997 and 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty; ☝️ Noting that the current security context requires more efforts to strengthen the indispensable role of the IAEA in nuclear non-proliferation verification through safeguards implementation and efforts to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards regime including through universalization of the Additional Protocol; ☝️ Recalling the UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1540 (2004) and the Comprehensive Reviews on the status of its implementation, whose aim is to prevent non-state actors from getting access to nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, their means of delivery and related materials; HEREBY DECIDES TO: ✅ Reaffirm the efforts of ARF Participants at the national, regional and international levels to promote nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, strengthen nuclear safety and security, and combat nuclear terrorism; ✅ Reiterate support to the efforts of preserving Southeast Asia as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone and free of all other weapons of mass destruction consistent with the SEANWFZ Treaty and the ASEAN Charter; <...>

📢❗️ Dear friends, the application campaign for the fourth intake of the Master’s Degree Programme “Political Economy of the #ASEAN-Russia Strategic Partnership”, jointly developed by @aseancentremgimo and MGIMO University, is now open! Become part of our friendly international community! 🔸️The programme offers students an opportunity to study regional and global processes, macroeconomics, the contemporary international economy, ASEAN-Russia relations, as well as various aspects of international relations, regional integration, business cultures, and the digital economy, with a special focus on Russia and ASEAN. 🔸️Students will acquire the essential skills and competencies required for careers in government agencies, international organizations, business analytics, and consulting. 🔸️The programme also provides internship opportunities at leading Russian companies and government institutions, international organizations and NGOs, media companies, think tanks, universities, and research centres. 🎓 We warmly invite young people from the #ASEAN Member States to apply and pursue their studies at one of Russia’s top universities 🇷🇺 🗓 Application deadline: 31 July 2026 For more information, please visit 👇 🔗https://study-asean.mgimo.ru/ For any inquiries, please contact: 📧 [email protected]

🗣️Comment by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the situation on the Thai-Cambodian border(December 29, 2025) We note with satisfaction the agreements reached on a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia following the meeting of the General Border Committee on December 27, 2025 during which a joint statement was signed. Achieving long-term peace will depend, first and foremost, on restoring political trust between the parties and making painstaking efforts to maintain it. We hope that the current agreement will be an important step towards resolving the protracted conflict, promoting bilateral dialogue to resolve existing differences through peaceful diplomatic means, in keeping with the spirit and letter of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration. Today, amid the visible deterioration of the security situation in the Asia-Pacific region, it is particularly important to act in the spirit of unity and solidarity inherent in #ASEAN to overcome existing contradictions. In this regard, we support ASEAN's mediation efforts to normalise relations between Thailand and Cambodia.

💬Excerpt from the briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (December 11, 2025) December 13 marks 2️⃣0️⃣years since the signing of the Joint Declaration of the Heads of State/Government of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Head of State of the Russian Federation on Progressive and Comprehensive Partnership. Signed by our respective leaders in 2005 during the first Russia-ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, this fundamental document created a new path in our ties with ASEAN by setting forth the basic principles and milestones for stepping up Russia-ASEAN relations. We will be marking their 35th anniversary in 2026. ✉️Sergey Lavrov sent a message of greetings to his colleagues in ASEAN on this occasion. On a special note, I would like to recognise Malaysia. It chairs the #ASEAN this year, just like in 2005. I would also like to praise the coordinators of the Russia-ASEAN dialogue from Singapore for their contribution to drafting and coordinating the Joint Declaration which served as a foundation for elevating our relations to the level of a strategic partnership at the 2018 summit in Singapore. Importantly, even today, amid all this geopolitical turbulence, the Association shares our vision and remains our reliable partner. We have been able not only to achieve and sustain positive momentum in our relations, but also to promote new mutually beneficial avenues for cooperation to fully unlock the potential of Russia-ASEAN collaboration.