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ASEAN to issue joint statement on Middle East conflict
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will issue a joint statement on how the regional bloc would respond to the Middle East crisis as the Philippines chairs the 48th ASEAN Summit, a foreign affairs official said on Wednesday.
“We’re actually very confident about the declaration on how ASEAN will respond to the Middle East crisis,” DFA Deputy Assistant Secretary and ASEAN Spokesperson Dominic Xavier Imperial said in the press briefing at the International Media Center (IMC) in Cebu.
“The main purpose really here is for all the member states ASEAN to be able to come up with measures that will help us respond not only to the current situation but also to other future crisis.”
Imperial said he doesn’t see any challenge or impediment to the issuance of the declaration, noting, they “are very encouraged by the commitment of all the ASEAN member states.”
Asked if the statement would include an appeal to the warring parties to end the conflict, Imperial said there will definitely be a reference to that.
When asked if President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., as the 48th ASEAN Summit host, would use the gathering as an opportunity to secure additional fuel supply for the Philippines, he said he does not want to preempt the result of ongoing negotiations but expressed hope about something that’s beneficial to all. | PND
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