MIKTA Vision Statement

We, the Foreign Ministers of MIKTA members (Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Turkey and Australia), gathered in Seoul, Republic of Korea on 22 May 2015 for the 5th MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and adopted the following MIKTA Vision Statement.

The world is changing rapidly. New global issues have emerged, including in the areas of finance and economics, security, the environment and sustainable development, challenging the efforts to maintain the stability and prosperity of the international community. Moreover, the global dispersal of power, ascendance of regionalism, and growing presence of non-state actors are prompting ramification to the efficacy of global governance structures. The world needs to foster renewed and innovative partnerships to provide pragmatic and constructive solutions to these challenges. With this as its context, MIKTA was created in New York in September 2013 at a meeting held on the sidelines of Leaders’ Week of the UN General Assembly.

The five countries of MIKTA come from diverse cultures and regions. Yet, we share core values and similarities. We are democracies that benefit from open economies with robust growth rates and a significant level of economic power. We are strategically located and strongly linked to our surrounding regions in all aspects.

The MIKTA countries are also like-minded on many of the global challenges of our time and are active contributors in major international forums. We have both the will and the capability to contribute to protecting public goods and strengthening global governance. Working together, MIKTA can play a constructive role in the international agenda and exert greater influence.

Reaffirming our commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other universally recognized norms governing international relations, MIKTA aims to play the following roles in the international arena:

MIKTA will serve as a cross-regional consultative platform to increase mutual understanding, deepen bilateral ties, and find common grounds for cooperation. To this end, we will develop joint projects to enhance information-sharing and exchanges.

MIKTA will also play a bridging role between developed and developing countries to promote global governance and complement the efforts of regionalism. We will work together to reduce the gap in polarized policy positions, advance discussions on global issues in multilateral forums, and strive to find pragmatic and creative solutions to regional and global challenges.

MIKTA will act as a catalyst or facilitator in launching initiatives and implementing global governance reform. We will play the role of an agenda-setter and assume a constructive role on the global stage. We will make joint efforts for building norms, developing guidelines, sharing best practices and forging collective responses in a manner agreeable to all MIKTA members.

In addition, the members will help each other to better communicate with regional bodies and increase the connectivity of regional networks. MIKTA will also pursue close and broad outreach activities. These will help enhance its productivity and reflect the voices of others in moving the process forward.

Demonstrating its utility, versatility and visibility as a new model for cross-regional and value-added partnership, MIKTA will serve as a bridgehead for fostering various forms of cooperation.

Adopted in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on the Twenty Second Day of May of the Year Two Thousand and Fifteen. /End/