Marcos attended the 43rd ASEAN Opening Ceremony in Indonesia
Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Daniel Espiritu, told a press conference on Thursday that the president will fly to Indonesia on September 4 and is expected to return to the Philippines on September 7.
The 43rd ASEAN Summit is scheduled to take place from September 5-7.
“President Ferdinand R.Marcos Jr., together with leaders of other ASEAN member states and a number of dialogue partners will attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related summits in Jakarta, Indonesia
According to Espiritu, next week’s ASEAN summit follows meetings held in May last year.
“From now on, during the 43rd Summit, the activities of the different participants will now focus on the follow-up activities to realize the outcome of the 42nd Summit to standardize the completion or next steps of the 42nd Summit.
But of course, like most ASEAN summits, the story doesn’t end there,” he stressed.The FDFA official said ASEAN leaders are expected to present more than 90 target documents covering a variety of topics during meetings in September.
These include:
- Declaration of ASEAN leaders on enhancing food security and nutrition in response to crisis
- Joint Statement on Strengthening Food Security Cooperation among ASEAN, Australia, Canada and India
- ASEAN Guidelines for the Protection of Migrant Workers and Their Family Members in Crisis Situations
- Declaration of ASEAN Leaders on Digital Economy Development and Framework Agreement.
- ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change at the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
“The President will also attend special events to promote trade and investment in Indonesia – one of which will be a meeting with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council and another with a number of reputable companies. intend to expand their presence in the Philippines,” the expat said. work assistant said.
Secretary Daniel Espiritu said at the previous press conference.
He will participate in 13 leadership meetings, including 12 high-level meetings with other leaders:
These are:
- The 43rd ASEAN Summit Plenary Session
- Opening Ceremony of the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum
- The 43rd ASEAN Summit narrow session
- The 26th ASEAN-China Summit
- The 24th ASEAN-Korea Summit
- The 26th ASEAN-Japan Summit
- The 26th ASEAN+3 Summit
- ASEAN-US Summit
- ASEAN-Canada Summit
- The 20th ASEAN-India Summit
- 18th East Asia Summit
- The 3rd ASEAN-Australia Summit
- The 13th ASEAN-UN Summit.
