• 5 months ago
Asean meetings will be held nationwide and not confined to Kuala Lumpur during Malaysia's tenure as Chair, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.

The Foreign Minister told the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday (July 10) that a total of 257 high-level meetings involving leaders and officials will be held next year.

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00:00I would like to thank you for the invitation to ask about ASEAN.
00:06ASEAN is a union of Southeast Asian countries that was established in August 1967.
00:21ASEAN was established 57 years ago.
00:25ASEAN has become a major bloc in Southeast Asia,
00:34starting from 5 countries, now there are 10 countries,
00:38and there is one country that is a status observer.
00:43Fortunately, we will be the leader of ASEAN in 2025.
00:48We have prepared a lot.
00:53We have a leadership power that is managed by our minister,
01:00where all ministries are involved.
01:07And we also have a ministerial power.
01:10There are three main pillars,
01:14the first is security and politics,
01:19the second is economy, and the third is culture.
01:23The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the coordinator of politics and security.
01:31As of June, we have gathered from these three pillars
01:40a total of 257 meetings of the highest rank of state leaders, ministers, and officials
01:50will be held in 2025.
01:53We have also identified places and we will hold meetings.
01:59These meetings will not only take place in Kuala Lumpur,
02:03but in various places throughout the country,
02:06including in Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pulau Pinang, Langkawi,
02:13and several other places.
02:15Considering the many negotiations that will be held next year.
02:22This has already been arranged.
02:24We have a secretariat, what is called as SILA,
02:27a secretariat that will continue to monitor,
02:30namely the Indo-Logistics ASEAN Secretariat 2025.
02:34This secretariat is the main secretary
02:39who will manage logistics and substantive.
02:44What is important is that logistics must be seen from now on,
02:50to ensure the arrival of our guests from all over the world.
02:55We have a dialogue with ASEAN,
02:57there are also ASEAN Plus Dialogue Partners,
02:59there are 11 Dialogue Partners in major countries,
03:02and we will also have ASEAN Plus and many more.
03:07So this is a tribute to Malaysia,
03:11who will be the manager next year,
03:13and various events or ways that we have prepared,
03:18in addition to the meetings of officials, ministers and others.
03:23And we ask that every ministry and every country,
03:28where the places are, we will have a dialogue,
03:31to jointly host and prepare the places
03:37where they will receive their guests from abroad.
03:41Thank you.

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