President Marcos will be at the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Malaysia from Oct. 26 to 28 and will witness the turnover of the chairmanship of the regional bloc to the Philippines and the signing of several key agreements.
Marcos will join 14 leaders’ level meetings and three signing ceremonies during the summit, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Angelica Escalona.
The meetings to be attended by the President include the 28th ASEAN Plus Three Summit, 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Leaders’ Summit, 20th East Asia Summit, 15th ASEAN-United Nations Summit, 38th ASEAN-China Summit, ASEAN-New Zealand Commemorative Summit and the 5th ASEAN-Australia Summit.
He will also sign the declaration on the admission of Timor-Leste into ASEAN as its 11th member and witness the forging of the second protocol to amend the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement and the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area 3.0 Upgrade.
Eighty outcome documents are expected to be issued, adopted or noted during the summits.
A closing and handover ceremony of the ASEAN chairship from Malaysia to the Philippines will be held on the last day of the regional meet.
‘Building upon the success of previous ASEAN chairs, the Philippines will take this opportunity to introduce how we will steer the future of the region and beyond by galvanizing community-building efforts during our chairship,’ Escalona said.
‘The leaders are also expected to discuss various global issues that impact the region and beyond – these include the situation in Myanmar, the economic uncertainty and other geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges that affect the region,’ she said.