Joint Ministerial Statement on the Twenty-Ninth ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (29th ATM)

1. The Twenty-Ninth ASEAN Transport Ministers (ATM) Meeting was held on 9 November 2023, in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR. H.E. Mr. Ngampasong Muongmany, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting, and H.E. Mr. Loke Siew Fook, Minister of Transport of Malaysia, was the Vice-Chairman. The Twenty-Ninth ATM Meeting was preceded by the Fifty-Sixth ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) and their consultations with Dialogue Partners held on 7-8 November 2023.

Further Strengthening the ASEAN Single Aviation Market

2. The Meeting adopted the ASEAN Sustainable Aviation Action Plan (ASAAP) and its Work Plan 2023-2024, which aims to drive sustainable aviation growth in ASEAN, starting from the area of Sustainable Aviation Fuels. This demonstrates ASEAN’s strong commitment to support the International Civil Aviation Organization’s long-term global aspirational goal for international aviation of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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