1. The 29th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM+3) took place on 3 May 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan under the Co-Chairship of H.E. Joven Z. Balbosa, Undersecretary of the Department of Finance of the Philippines, H.E. Rosalia V. De Leon, Monetary Board Member of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, H.E. KATAYAMA Satsuki, Minister of Finance of Japan, and H.E. HIMINO Ryozo, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan. The Director/CEO of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat, and the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were also present at the meeting.
2. We are pleased to welcome Timor-Leste’s accession as the 11th Member State of ASEAN and its participation in this meeting. To support Timor-Leste’s engagement with the ASEAN+3 Finance Process, we task the Deputies, with AMRO’s support, to facilitate a deeper understanding of the respective frameworks of AMRO and Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM).

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