President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is hopeful that the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) can be the main driver of the global economy again, just like what it was pre-pandemic.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is hopeful that the Association of Southeast Nations can be the main driver of the global economy again, just like what it was pre-pandemic.
During the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Cambodia, Marcos said he and his fellow state leaders talked about recovering the economy from the pandemic. “We talked about preparing for the next pandemic. What do we do about scarcity of—rather the prices of food, of fertilizer, energy. What are we going to do about it? What can we do about it? How do we get around it?” he added.Marcos noted that big and developed countries are now taking time to participate at ASEAN Summits with its dialogue partners because “ASEAN is very very important.”
On the geopolitical side, Southeast Asian countries shared the same concern on North Korea’s missile launches, the Cross-Strait tension of Taiwan and China and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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