The 46th ASEAN summit kicked off on Monday, May 26, in Kuala Lumpur with opening remarks from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from U.S. arbitrary tariffs and the four-year deadly civil war in Myanmar, in which fragile progress has been made, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday.
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00:00First, the formal pose. Allow me to count in three, two, one.
00:26Right hand over the left. In three. In three, two, one.
00:50Residencies, you may...
00:52I have taken the liberty also to write President Donald Trump to his understanding to organize the U.S.-ASEAN meeting.
01:14Quiet engagement matters, and it is small and the bridge may be fragile, but as they say, in natural peace, even the fragile bridge is better than a widening gap.
01:32I strongly believe in the impotitude and staying power of ASEAN to withstand the airwaves and weather the storms of the challenges that are set to announce facing us.
