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President Marcos is set to attend the first ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Oct. 20.
“Actually, we’re going far, far ahead already because so far we’re only… at this point, we’re still talking of possible cooperation on supply activities,” Espiritu said in a media briefing. “Now, they can help ASEAN in addressing energy and food security – energy security because they’re petrochemical powerhouses – but also food security because some of the countries there, especially Qatar, are among the largest producers of fertilizers and they can fill up the slack or the deficit on the ASEAN side,” he said.
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