The 44th and 45th Asean Summit and Related Summits kicked off with the presence of top leaders from the 10 countries of the economic bloc in the Laotian capital on Wednesday (Oct 9).
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00:00The 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and related summits kicked off with the presence of top
00:07leaders from the ten countries of the economic bloc in the Laotian capital on Wednesday.
00:12As the chair of ASEAN this year, Laos has set the tagline of the summit as Enhancing
00:17Connectivity and Resilience, in line with its goal of transforming Laos from being merely
00:22landlocked into a center of regional integration.
00:52Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is expected to deliver a speech in a closed-door
01:11plenary session with ASEAN leaders.
01:14According to Wisma Putra, aside from the ASEAN summits, Anwar will attend the plus-one summits
01:21between ASEAN and seven dialogue partners, namely Australia, China, Japan, India, South
01:27Korea, US and Canada.
01:29Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are also expected
01:35to attend the summits.
01:37At the closing ceremony on Friday, Laos as the current chair will symbolically hand over
01:41the ASEAN chairmanship to Malaysia.
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