To commemorate the 51st Anniversary of the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the ASEAN Day 2018 was celebrated with a Flag Raising Ceremony that was held on 8 August 2018 at the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Belgrade.
The event was co-hosted by ASEAN Diplomatic Missions in Serbia: Embassy of Malaysia, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Embassy of Malaysia and the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar as the host for this years’ ceremony. The solemn ceremony was attended by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Heads of Missions and representatives from the embassies of the Asia Pacific countries and ASEAN Dialogue Partners and international organizations’ offices based in Belgrade.
The celebration of the ASEAN Day 2018 was held in the spirit of unity among ASEAN member countries and their dialogue and external partners such as the Republic of Serbia, with a resolution to remain resilience and innovative in managing challenges and seizing opportunities in the rapidly changing regional and global situation.
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Dan ASEAN-a 2018 i obelezavanje 51. godisnjice osnivanja Asocijacije nacija jugoistocne Azije (ASEAN) je proslavljen ceremonijalnim podizanjam zastave koje se odrzalo 8. avgusta 2018. godine u Ambasadi Republike Mjanmarske Unije u Beogradu.
Dogadjaj su priredile diplomatske misije zemalja ASEAN-a u Srbiji: Ambasada Malezije, Ambasada Republike Indonezije i Ambasada Republike Mjanmarske Unije, koja je bila domacin ovogodisnje proslave. Svecanoj ceremoniji su prisustvovali zvanicnici iz Ministarstva spoljnih poslova Republike Srbije, sefovi diplomatskih misija i predstavnici ambasada azijsko-pacificke regije i ASEAN dijalog partnera, kao i predstavnici kancelarija medjunarodnih organizacija u Beogradu.
Proslava Dana ASEAN-a 2018 je odrzana u duhu jedinstva zemalja clanica ASEAN-a i dijalog partnera zemljama dijalog partnerima kao i spoljnim partnerima kao sto je Republika Srbija, kao i odlucnosti da ostanu istrajne i inovativne u suocavanju sa izazovima i prilikama koje nosi brzo promenljiva regionalna i globalna situacija.