Jakarta, Oct. 14 -- BANGKOK, Thailand, 14 October 2026

- Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, Dato' Astanah Abdul Aziz, delivered a keynote address at the Strategic Dialogue: Deepening United States Foreign Assistance in ASEAN, organised by the US Department of State on the sidelines of the World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, on 14 October 2026.

Dato' Astanah welcomed the US' renewed strategic focus on Southeast Asia and highlighted ASEAN's growing economic significance, resilience and potential as a destination for trade and investment. She underscored the opportunities for deeper ASEAN-US cooperation to strengthen regional capacities, mobilise private investment, advance technological ...