ASEAN MEETS WITH JAPAN, CHINA Leaders of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) also hold a meetingwith Japan and with China on October 10, 2024. PresidentMarcos has again used the Asean platform to call out Chineseaggression in the West Philippine Sea. —PPA POOL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is now back in Manila from the three-day 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summits and related meetings in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
The aircraft carrying Marcos and the rest of the Philippine delegates landed around 10:23 p.m. on Friday.
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During the event, Marcos encouraged his fellow Asean leaders to improve their relations with external partners.
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On the sidelines of the events, the president called an urgent online meeting with various local agencies to order the mobilization of resources for the repatriation of Filipinos in Lebanon.
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