Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Türkiye and Australia adopted a renewed MIKTA vision on multilateral institutions, climate action and rules-based trade, and a separate statement on protecting humanitarian staff from harmful falsehoods. Australia's foreign ministry published both texts. Yonhap reported that South Korea's foreign minister took part in the New York meeting.
Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Türkiye and Australia adopted a renewed MIKTA vision focused on multilateral institutions, climate action and rules-based trade. Australia chaired the meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and published the vision as a joint ministerial text. The document restates a shared agenda among the five middle powers; it does not create a treaty obligation or a new institution.[1], [2]
The ministers also issued a joint statement making protection of humanitarian personnel from misinformation, disinformation and harmful narratives a policy priority. That text sits beside the vision rather than inside it. It names a priority for staff already working in conflict and disaster settings; it does not announce a new protection force or a funding pledge.[1]
South Korea's foreign minister attended the MIKTA meeting in New York, where ministers adopted a vision statement and a statement on protecting humanitarian personnel. Yonhap reported that the vision statement covered sustainable development, multilateralism and reform of the trading system. The Korean account matches the Australian publication on the existence of both texts and adds the trading-system line inside the vision.[2]
