August 23, 2023, Deputy Government Spokesperson Rachada Dhanadirek disclosed that the cabinet, in its meeting today, approved 21 draft outcome documents for upcoming the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings, to be held during September 2-7, 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Seventeen outcome documents to be adopted and endorsed by ASEAN leaders are as follows:

1. Jakarta Declaration: “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth”, which prescribes joint commitment to promote ASEAN centrality and its epicentrum of growth, maintain ASEAN’s role in the region, and operationalize ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP)

2-6. Documents to be endorsed by the ASEAN leaders to demonstrate joint commitment on the implementation in various areas, i.e., human rights, ASEAN’s epicentrum of growth, early childhood educational care and development, development for people with disabilities, gender equality, and family development

7-10. Documents related to the issue of food and nutrition security (FNS) in response to crisis, to be endorsed by ASEAN leaders and dialogue partners, i.e., draft ASEAN Leaders Declaration on Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security in Response to Crisis; draft ASEAN-Australia Joint Statement on Strengthening Cooperation on Food and Nutrition Security in Crisis; ASEAN-Canada Joint Statement on Strengthening Cooperation on Food Security in Crisis; and draft ASEAN-India Joint Statement on Strengthening Cooperation on Food Security in Crisis.

11-16. Documents to be endorsed by ASEAN leaders and dialogue partners to demonstrate joint commitment on various implementations, i.e., draft Leaders' Statement on ASEAN-Canada Strategic Partnership; draft ASEAN-India Joint Statement on Maritime Cooperation; draft Joint Statement on Mutually Beneficial Cooperation between the Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (ASEAN - China); draft ASEAN-US Statement on ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific Cooperation; draft Joint Statement on ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; and draft Joint Statement of the 24th ASEAN - Republic of Korea Summit on ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) Cooperation

17. Draft East Asia Summit (EAS) Leaders' Statement on Maintaining and Promoting the Region as Epicentrum of Economic Growth to promote peace, stability, economic prosperity, and common interests of ASEAN and East Asia.

Four documents to be signed are as follows:

18-19. Draft Letters of Consent to Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), to be signed by ASEAN Foreign Ministers for Serbia and Kuwait's accession to TAC

20-21. Draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA); and draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)