11 December 2005 – His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam attended the 2nd BIMP-EAGA [ Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area ] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Also joining the leaders of the BIMP-EAGA countries in the Summit were HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Hon. Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, the Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The leaders agreed to adopt a five-year roadmap from 2006 which identifies six priority areas to push economic development in the sub-region. The priority areas of the roadmap are namely transportation, infrastructure, information and communication technology, natural resources, tourism and small medium enterprises.

The leaders of the four countries said in a Joint Statement after the 2nd BIMP-EAGA Summit that they welcome the participation of the Northern Territory of Australia and China as development partners in the BIMP-EAGA.

BIMP-EAGA is a sub-regional growth area within the overall context of narrowing development gaps in ASEAN and this area is badly needed to accelerate its economic development. ASEAN groups Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

They also agreed to convene the BIMP-EAGA Summit annually in conjunction with the ASEAN Summit.