The 59th ASEAN Day in Cairo
Commemorating the 59th ASEAN Day in Cairo: Strengthening Unity, Global Partnerships & Regional Stability
On 10 August 2026, the Embassy of Malaysia in Cairo joined fellow members of the ASEAN Committee in Cairo (ACC) and other invited guests including media at the Official Residence of the Ambassador of Indonesia for the annual ASEAN Flag Hoisting Ceremony, celebrating 59 years of regional unity, solidarity, and partnership.
The ceremony featured key address highlights:
• The Ambassador of Indonesia emphasized ASEAN’s shared values that have enabled the regional bloc to remain an anchor of stability while steadily strengthening partnerships around the world.
• The Ambassador of the Philippines, as ACC Chairman, shared the theme of the Philippines’ 2026 ASEAN Chairmanship, “Navigating Our Future, Together,” guided by three core strategic priorities: peace and security, economic prosperity, and people empowerment. She also highlighted the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)—a foundational pillar of peace and peaceful coexistence that Egypt officially acceded to in 2016.
We were especially honored by the presence of H.E. Ambassador Amr Hamzah, Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asian Affairs of Egypt, whose attendance signifies the deep-rooted, warm, and growing relationship between ASEAN and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
