JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo handed over the ASEAN chairmanship to Lao PDR Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone because the forty third ASEAN Summit closed on Thursday.
In accepting the chairmanship of the following ASEAN Summit, Siphandone stated, “Lao PDR is honored to assume the ASEAN chairmanship in 2024 and we view the achievement under the ASEAN.”
The Lao PDR Prime Minister stated people who shall be mentioned in subsequent yr’s summit are the additional consolidation of the ASEAN neighborhood, enhancing ASEAN cooperation, strengthening of ASEAN unity and centrality, enhancing connectivities, advancing digital transformation and tutorial integration, and push for peace, stability and growth.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. attended the closing ceremony together with leaders from the 9 ASEAN states.
Marcos, who has already departed Indonesia, thanked the nation and Jokowi for his or her internet hosting and stewardship of the summit.
“The 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits demonstrated that countries around the region are committed to regional cooperation and multilateralism, but remain challenged in promoting peace, security, stability, and prosperity in the region,” he stated in a press release.
“I thank our gracious host and I congratulate President Widodo for his very able stewardship as chair of ASEAN this year, and for making ASEAN as important as it ever has been.
“I additionally thank them for the very heat hospitality of the Philippine delegation, And I sit up for in a position management of Lao PDR once they host the ASEAN in 2025,” he added. — BM, GMA Integrated News
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