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OPENING REMARKS YB DATO’ SERI UTAMA HAJI MOHAMAD BIN HAJI HASAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN MALAYSIA, TÜRKIYE AND THE ASEAN SECRETARIAT KUALA LUMPUR, 11 JULY 2025

 

OPENING REMARKS

 

YB DATO’ SERI UTAMA HAJI MOHAMAD BIN HAJI HASAN

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

 

TRILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN MALAYSIA, TÜRKIYE AND THE ASEAN SECRETARIAT

 

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 JULY 2025

 

His Excellency Hakan Fidan

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye,

 

His Excellency Dr Kao Kim Hourn,

Secretary-General of ASEAN,  

 

1.  On behalf of Malaysia, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to this Trilateral Meeting between Malaysia, Türkiye, and the ASEAN Secretariat.

2.  The ASEAN-Türkiye Sectoral Dialogue Partnership was established in 2017. Since then, our partnership has grown steadily, grounded in shared goals of peace, economic resilience, and people-to-people connectivity.

3.  Today, we stand on a solid foundation of cooperation, spanning the three ASEAN community pillars. The Practical Cooperation Areas (PCA) 2024–2028, provide a forward-looking framework to deepen our collaboration in several key areas.   

4.  These include the domains of political security cooperation, trade and digital economy, education, disaster management, and sustainable development. 

5.  In further consolidating this partnership, Malaysia welcomes expanding our defence industry cooperation as well as that of technology transfers.  

6.  Our economic relations are set to grow even further, with collaborations through the Türkiye-ASEAN Business and Investment Forum, and its support for MSME development and innovation partnerships. 

7.  Turkiye’s experience in the realm of egovernance, can be a great source of expertise in advancing digital integration, diversifying supply chains, and building collective resilience, and help us navigate current geo-economic challenges.

8.  On the socio-cultural front, initiatives like the Türkiye Scholarships-ASEAN Joint Scholarship Programme, training of ASEAN diplomats, and proposed cooperation on technical and vocational education and digital skills development, will reinforce our people-to-people links and nurture lasting cross-cultural ties.

Excellencies,

9.   Malaysia believes that ASEAN and Turkiye’s shared values, have resulted in the two being natural partners to champion multilateralism, peace, stability, prosperity, equality, justice, and humanity on the global stage.

10.   As principled and responsible members of the international community, we should lend our collective voices towards advocating a peaceful and just resolution to conflicts around the world, including the dire situation in Gaza.

11.  We must call for Israel to be held accountable, for its unrelenting violations of international law. Impunity has  emboldened it to attack other countries, and it will continue to destabilise the region and beyond if left unchecked.

12.  In closing, let us continue to strengthen our cooperation and chart a clear path forward that delivers tangible benefits for our peoples.

Thank you.  

 


7/11/25

LIST OF CONVENTIONS / TREATIES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO BAHASA MELAYU

Ratified by Malaysia

1. Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW
   
2. Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC
 
2.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostiitution and child pornography
2.2 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict ; and
   
3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD 
   
4. Geneva Convention
 
4.1 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of The Wounded And Sick In Armed Forces In The Field Of 12 August 1949
4.2 Geneva Convention For The Amelioration Of The Condition Of Wounded, Sick And Shipwrecked Members Of Armed Forces At Sea Of 12 August 1949
4.3 Geneva Convention Relative To The Treatment Of Prisoners Of War Of 12 August 1949
4.4 Geneva Convention Relative To The Protection Of Civilian Persons In Time Of War Of 12 August 1949
   

Yet to ratify

5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 
   
6. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW 
   
7. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
   
8. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment – CAT
 
8.1 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
   
9. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - ICCPR
 
9.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: and
9.2 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of death penalty
   
10. International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - ICERD
   
11. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - ICESR
 
11.1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
   
12. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance - ICPED
   
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - ICRMW
   
14. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951;
 
14.1 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967
   
15. Rome Statute
   

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