Closing Remarks at the Closing Ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits and Handing Over of ASEAN Chairmanship to the Republic of Indonesia

Your Majesty the Sultan; Excellencies ASEAN Heads of States and Governments; Excellency Secretary-General of ASEAN Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen! A year has passed since I received the ASEAN chairmanship gavel from H.M. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam on 28 October 2021, a year full of memorable and historical moment for me and for…