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Marcos to meet with ASEAN leaders next week

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May 23, 2025

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., is set to meet with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders next week during the 46" ASEAN Summit ahead of the Philippines’ chairmanship of the regional bloc in 2026.

Speaking in a palace briefing on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Dominic Xavier M. Imperial said Mr. Marcos will be meeting with leaders of Laos and Vietnam at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 26 and 27.

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