(UPDATES) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will assert the Philippines' sovereignty over its territorial waters when he joins the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will assert the Philippines' sovereignty over its territorial waters when he joins the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Vientiane, Laos, next week, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.During a pre-departure briefing in Malacañang, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu said Marcos is expected to take up with fellow world leaders the recent developments in the West Philippine Sea.
Marcos will also join the Second Asia Zero Emission Community Leaders' Meeting, a sideline event of the summit, which tackles the decarbonization of Asean economies.This meeting is a follow-up to the conference in Tokyo, Japan, in December 2023.Also up for discussion are growing concerns in Myanmar, Ukraine, the Korean peninsula, Gaza, and other geopolitical challenges affecting the Indo-Pacific region.
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