MANILA, Nov 15 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has a packed schedule at the 49th Asean Summit and Related Summits here today, with the Myanmar crisis and tensions in the South China Sea expected to top the agenda.
Anwar, who arrived on Saturday night, will attend the opening ceremony at the Philippine International Convention Centre (PICC), where Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will preside as Asean chair. The summit plenary and leaders’ retreat will follow.
Anwar is accompanied by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan and Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
Later today, the Prime Minister will join fellow Asean leaders in separate meetings with representatives of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the Asean Business Advisory Council (Asean-BAC) and Asean youth.
