Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to attend the 24th ASEAN Summit at Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

        Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the 24th ASEAN Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from 10 to 11 May 2014. He will be accompanied by Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law K. Shanmugam, and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Trade and Industry.

        The ASEAN Leaders will discuss progress made in Community-building efforts towards the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015 and exchange views on regional and international issues. They will also meet representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and ASEAN Youth.

        Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, will be the Acting Prime Minister for the period 10 to 11 May 2014.

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE

SINGAPORE

9 MAY 2014