Jakarta, June 26 -- Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today participated in the 22

nd

ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (AMMSTI-22) in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

Themed "Advancing the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science, Technology and Innovation (APASTI) for a Resilient, Sustainable and Competitive ASEAN," the meeting discussed the role of science, technology and innovation in strengthening regional resilience to address transnational and shared challenges, deepening strategic cooperation with external partners to advance shared goals and collective prosperity, and preparing ASEAN for technologies that will shape the future.

The Ministers unanimously endorsed a landmark restructuring of the ASEAN COSTI...