To commemorate the 52nd Anniversary of the foundation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a Flag Raising Ceremony was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Belgrade on 8 August 2019.
This year’s ASEAN Day celebration, which was annually co-hosted by Diplomatic Missions of ASEAN member countries in Serbia (Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar), had also included Cambodia for the first time as its Embassy was recently opened as the fourth ASEAN Diplomatic Mission in Belgrade.
The Flag Raising Ceremony was attended by the Serbian Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps from the Asia Pacific embassies, ASEAN Dialogue Partner countries and international organizations’ offices based in Belgrade.
In his speech on behalf of the Heads of ASEAN Diplomatic Missions in Serbia, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia His Excellency Mr. Mochammad Chandra Widya Yudha highlighted ASEAN’s continuing focus to strengthen its 3 pillars, namely ASEAN Political-Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, in facing the dynamics of the current world.
This year, as ASEAN is taking an emphasis on the importance of advancing partnership for sustainability towards a people-centered, people-oriented and forward looking community, ASEAN continues to attach great importance in strengthening its relations with dialogue partners, sectoral dialogue partners and development partners through various existing frameworks and development cooperation programmes.
Pointing to the abundance of business and investment opportunities in the Southeast Asia region, Ambassador Chandra welcomed the Serbian Government and business community to seize the opportunities for enhanced collaboration with ASEAN Member States, both in the economic and socio-cultural fronts.
It was also unveiled during the ceremony, the launching of the new ASEAN Secretariat Building in Jakarta, Indonesia, to support the growing focus of ASEAN.
Bound together by the concept known as the “ASEAN Way” that is based on the spirit of abiding friendship and with consideration on the political, economic and social diversity of its Member States, ASEAN is recognised as a future global economic powerhouse with clear prospects of becoming the 4th largest economy in the world by 2050.
With the joint market and production base of 630 million people, ASEAN's economy is projected to grow by over 5.5% per year that is supported by favourable demographics. Once completed, the much anticipated Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
(RCEP) will serve as a free trade area covering 3.6 billion people and a GDP of $25 trillion, offering a powerful boost to the rules-based global trading system.
As it strives toward becoming a truly politically cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible and people-oriented community, ASEAN is one of the most successful and promising regional integration processes in the world.
CERMONIJA PODIZANJA ZASTAVE POVODOM OBELEZAVANJA DANA ASEAN-A 2019
Povodom obelezavanja 52. godisnjice osnivanja Asocijacije nacija jugoistočne Azije (ASEAN) je odrzana ceremonija podizanja zastave u Ambasadi Republike Indonezije u Beogradu, 8. avgusta 2019. godine.
Organizacija proslave Dana ASEAN-a, koja se tradicionalno odvija u saradnji diplomatskih misija zemalja clanica ASEAN-a u Srbiji (Indonezije, Malezije i Mjanmara), ce ove godine po prvi put uključiti i Kambodzu, nakon nedavnog otvaranja ambasade ove zemlje kao cetvrte diplomatske misije drzave clanice ASEAN-a u Beogradu.
Ceremoniji podizanja zastave su prisustvovali zvanicnici Vlade Republike Srbije, clanovi diplomatskog kora iz zemalja Azijsko-pacificke regije, predstavnici drzava dijalog partnera ASEAN-a i kancelarija medjunarodnih organizacija u Beogradu.
U svom govoru odrzanom u ime sefova diplomatskih misija zemalja ASEAN-a u Srbiji, ambasador Republike Indonezije, Njegova ekselencija Mohamad Candra Vidja Juda je istakao kontinualnu posvecenost ASEAN-a jacanju njegova tri stuba - ASEAN politicko-bezbednosne zajednice, ASEAN ekonomske zajednice i ASEAN drustveno-kulturne zajednice, u uslovima suocavanja sa trenutnim kretanjima u svetu.
Ove godine, kada ASEAN posebno naglasava znacaj unapredjivanja partnerstva za odrzivost u cilju napredovanja ka zajednici okrenutoj buducnosti, krojenoj po meri ljudi i orijentisanoj ka ljudima, ASEAN nastavlja da pridaje veliku vaznost jacanju odnosa sa drzavama dijalog partnerima, sektorskim dijalog partnerima i razvojnim partnerima kroz razne postojece okvire i programe za razvojnu saradnju.
Ukazujuci na obilje poslovnih i investicionih prilika koje pruza region jugoistočne Azije, ambassador Candra je pozvao Vladu Republike Srbije i srpsku poslovnu zajednicu da iskoriste sansu za prosirenje saradnje sa drzavama clanicama ASEAN-a, kako na ekonomskom tako i na drustveno-kulturnom planu.
Tokom ceremonije je takodje najavljeno otvaranje nove zgrade Sekretariata ASEAN-s u Dzakarti, Indonezija, koja ce podrzati sve veću usresredjnost na dalji razvoj ASEAN-a.
Povezan konceptom poznatim pod nazivom “Put ASEAN-a” (“ASEAN Way”) zasnovanom na duhu trajnog prijateljstva i postovanja politickih, ekonomskih i kulturnih razlika između zemalja članica, ASEAN je prepoznat kao buduca pokretacka snaga globalne ekonomije sa jasnim izgledima da postane 4. najveca svetska ekonomija do 2050. godine.
Sa zajedničkim trzistem i proizvodnom bazom od 630 miliona ljudi, projektovani rast ekonomije ASEAN-a premasuje 5.5% godisnje, sto je potpomognuto povoljnim demografskim trednom. Nakon svog dugo ocekivanog uspostavljanja, Regionalno sveobuhvatno ekonomsko partnerstvo (RCEP) ce funkcionisati kao zona slobodne trgovine od 3.6 milijardi ljudi sa ukupnim BDP-om od 25 biliona dolara, što će doneti značajan napredak pravno zasnovanom sistemu globalne trgovine.
U svom nastojanju da postane zaista politicki kohezivna, ekonomski integrisana i drustveno odgovorna zajednica orijentisana ka ljudima, ASEAN danas predstavlja jedan od najuspesnijih i najperspektivnijih regionalnih integracionih procesa u svetu.