Cambodia-ASEAN Business Summit 2025

At the Cambodia-ASEAN Business Summit 2025, ASEAN-BAC Chairman Tan Sri Nazir Razak called for stronger economic collaboration across ASEAN. Addressing an audience that included Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, ASEAN Secretary-General Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, cabinet ministers, and business leaders, he stressed that regional integration is no longer optional for smaller nations.

He reiterated that for small nations, regional collaboration is crucial. We must go beyond rhetoric and make this regional economy more of a reality. He also outlined ASEAN-BAC Malaysia’s 12 initiatives under Unifying Markets for Shared Prosperity. These focus on intra-ASEAN investment, financial integration, sustainability, and digitalisation, the key to transforming ASEAN into a truly cohesive economic region.