49th ASEAN Summit Opens in Manila on November 15, With at Least 19 World Leaders Confirmed
The Philippines will host at least 19 world and global institution leaders at the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on November 11. The summit opens on November 15 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, with plenary and retreat sessions chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
ASEAN leaders from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam will attend, while Myanmar will be represented by the Director-General of its Foreign Ministry's ASEAN Affairs Department. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will address the plenary.
The related Plus One summits on November 16 to 17 will be co-chaired by the leaders of Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Russia, the United Nations and the United States, with New Zealand represented by Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour and Russia by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. On November 17 Marcos will also convene the 29th ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the 21st East Asia Summit, hand over the ASEAN chairship to Singapore, and close the day with the ASEAN-United States Special Summit attended by US President Donald Trump.
The International Media Center for the summit, located at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, soft-opened on November 11. Marcos inspected the convention center and the media center on November 10, and the Presidential Communications Office said about 5,000 media delegates from around the world are expected.
(Source: Philippine News Agency)
Source: Philippine News Agency
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Photo: 图：菲律宾国际会议中心（Pasay 市），第49届东盟峰会主会场。照片：Ramon FVelasquez 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, main venue of the 49th ASEAN Summit. Photo by Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
