ASEAN and the Russian Federation have agreed to expand cooperation across trade, energy, security, technology and people-to-people exchanges after leaders adopted the Kazan Declaration 2026 and the ASEAN-Russia Comprehensive Plan of Action 2026–2030 at the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit in Kazan.
The summit was co-chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the current ASEAN Chair, marking 35 years of ASEAN-Russia relations.
Key developments:
- Commitment to strengthen trade, investment, food and energy security, transport, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and scientific cooperation.
- Expanded collaboration on maritime security, counterterrorism, cybercrime, biosecurity and transnational crime through ASEAN-led mechanisms.
- Support for a rules-based regional architecture, reaffirming the UN Charter, ASEAN Centrality, international law and the 1982 UNCLOS, while expressing a shared aspiration for a “just multipolar world”.
The declaration also endorses a new five-year roadmap to deepen political, economic and cultural ties, including education, youth exchanges, infrastructure connectivity and cooperation between ASEAN, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
ℹ️ The Diplomat, ASEAN
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