ASEAN Enhances Defense Perspective

ASEAN is currently refining its defense initiatives to complement its perspective on the Indo-Pacific region. This document is a strategic joint guideline for maintaining peace, stability and prosperity in Southeast Asia

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

ASEAN leaders who attended the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, wore woven clothes with manuk eyes motifs, a typical West Manggarai motif in Labuan Bajo Bay on Thursday (11/5/2023).

WEST MANGGARAI, KOMPAS - The ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) is a regional architecture initiative that places ASEAN at the center of the concept. Adopted at the 34th ASEAN Summit in Thailand in 2019, the AOIP serves as a guideline for ASEAN's engagement in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

The 42nd ASEAN Summit took place in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on 10-11 May, 2023. The summit's agenda included a discussion of the AOIP. Indonesia's 2023 ASEAN chairmanship statement, which was released on 11 May 2023, contains 125 points that summarize the entire agenda of the Summit. Four of these points, namely points 29-32, discuss the AOIP.