SUMMARY
MELBOURNE, Australia – Speaking before fellow leaders and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Special Summit, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called on the bloc to see conflicts not just through the lens of major power rivalry but as “direct challenges to the sovereignty of independent states.”
Marcos spoke twice during the summit, for the plenary session and the retreat.
Read the full text of his interventions, as provided by Malacañang.
Thank you to our gracious host, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese; to our co-chair, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone of Lao PDR; Your Majesties; Excellencies, good morning.
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