Overview

• Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong highlighted the importance of Australia's engagement with ASEAN for regional stability, amid great power rivalry.
• The summit ended with a joint statement warning against actions that endanger peace in the South China Sea, following confrontations between Beijing and the Philippines.
• Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed concerns over unsafe and destabilizing behavior in the South China Sea.
• ASEAN and Australia called for restraint and a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific, urging nations to avoid unilateral actions that could escalate tensions.
• The summit also addressed the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, with ASEAN sticking to its Five-Point Consensus for peace.