Joint Media Statement Ministerial Interface Meeting on Financial Mechanisms for the ASEAN Power Grid

1. The Ministerial Interface Meeting on Financial Mechanisms for the ASEAN Power Grid (APG) was convened virtually on 14 August 2025 as a high-level cross-sectoral platform to advance regional cooperation and financing of the APG. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Dato’ Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof, Chair of the ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM), and co-chaired by H.E. Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Chair of the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM); H.E. Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan and H.E. Dato’ Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, Co-Chairs of the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM). The meeting was attended by all ASEAN Member States, with the support of the ASEAN Secretariat. Timor-Leste attended as an observer.
2. The Meeting served as a strategic policy dialogue to harmonise sectoral priorities in support of a more integrated, sustainable, and resilient energy future of ASEAN. The Meeting underscored the APG as an enabler of regional energy security, economic competitiveness, sustainable industrial growth, narrowing the development gap, and enhanced energy connectivity that deepens regional integration, attracts investment, and drives inclusive economic development across ASEAN.

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