General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, is scheduled to attend the 25th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits to be held on 12-13 November 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

In addition to the 25th ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Leaders will also attend meetings with Dialogue Partners, i.e. India, Japan, Australia, the United States of America, China, as well as the ASEAN-UN Summit, the ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS) and the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC). The Prime Minister will also attend the Mekong-Japan Summit to discuss cooperation in the sub-regional level.

As ASEAN is working towards becoming an ASEAN Community by the end of 2015, the upcoming Summits will focus on reviewing the progress of the ASEAN Community building and pushing forward various areas of cooperation in ASEAN, as well as between ASEAN and Dialogue Partners, it will also provide an opportunity for Leaders to exchange views on important regional and international issues.

Among the main issues that the 25th ASEAN Summit will tackle include 1) ASEAN Community building; 2) ASEAN Community’s Post-2015 Vision; 3) exchange of views on regional and international issues. The Leaders will have a chance to discuss the progress made in the ASEAN Community building, priority issues for 2015, as well as the future direction of ASEAN beyond 2015.

The Summits with Dialogue Partners will focus on the review and future direction of cooperation, as well as exchange of views on regional and international issues such as South China Sea, Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, and Ebola.

A total of ten outcome documents expected to be adopted during the upcoming summits are 1) Nay Pyi Taw Framework for the ASEAN Community Post-2015 Vision; 2) Joint Statement of the 9th East Asia Summit on Regional Response to the Outbreak of Ebola; 3) East Asia Summit Statement on the Rise of Violence and Brutality Committed by Terrorist/Extremist Organizations in Iraq and Syria; 4) ASEAN-US Joint Statement on Climate Change; 5) Declaration on the Strengthening of the ASEAN Secretariat and Reviewing the ASEAN Organs; 6) ASEAN-UN Interim Work Plan for 2014-2015; 7) East Asia Summit Declaration on Combating Wildlife Trafficking; 8) Statement on EAS Guidelines for Rapid Disaster Response; 9) East Asia Summit Statement on Enhancing Regional Maritime Cooperation; and 10) Joint ASEAN-Australia Leaders’ Statement on the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN-Australia Dialogue Relations.