00:00That ASEAN seems to be tilting towards China with more partnerships and alliances.
00:07What's your view on this?
00:09There's been this perception all along.
00:11That's why I made it clear in my original statement to the ASEAN leaders
00:19that after the recommendations by the foreign ministers
00:25and their first meeting in January in Langkawi,
00:28is to continue to engage both with the United States and China
00:35at the same time with other countries.
00:39But so following that, I wrote to President Donald J. Trump
00:44to say that the foreign ministers, on the recommendation of foreign ministers,
00:50we agree to proceed with the United States ASEAN summit.
00:57But that was written.
01:00Then we have this ASEAN GCC, a China summit.
01:06So I don't think it's tilting in any way.
01:09I mean, if it's tomorrow, I receive a letter from President Trump to say,
01:13yes, we'll have a summit in June.
01:15Oh, no, June is too fast.
01:16But then the next few months, we don't have a problem.
01:20What is ASEAN's position?
01:23It's centrality.
01:24What is the focus?
01:26Welfare, well-being of all people, economic relations, trade, investments.
01:32So if it means working with the Chinese, yes, we'll do.
01:37In the United States, yes, we have to.
01:39Because as you know, Malaysia in particular is considered to have become the hub for semiconductor.
01:51And over 60% of our exports are to the United States.
01:53It makes a lot of sense to continue to engage and have reasonably good relations.
02:01Even on the issue of Myanmar, the consensus is to continue to engage.
02:06And now we have gone to a stage where both parties are now in consultation,
02:12although at the lower key level and to just focus on prolonged ceasefire or expanded ceasefire,
02:25then, or extended ceasefire, I'm sorry, then humanitarian assistance.
02:30And then proceeding with that, the initial discussion,
02:34but subjected to or confined to the broad parameters under the five-point consensus.
02:40All right?
02:41Now, to me, it is certainly not a departure, but major progress in terms of getting them in.
02:51Timor-Leste, for example, after being, you know, protracted of negotiations with terms and no real consensus,
02:59but this time, finally, we reach a consensus.
03:03On tariff, for example, while proceeding with bilateral negotiations,
03:09Zafra was there in the States, but the consensus was to have some sort of understanding,
03:17that decisions should not be at the expense of any other country.
03:22So we will have to protect the turf of 650 or 660 million people.
03:28So I think, to me, it's a major progress.
03:30Now, from there, of course, the ministers, various ministries,
03:34and the officials will have to work on what can then be affected
03:39in terms of real implementation of programmes by October.
03:43So we will have a...
03:45That's true.
03:48Let's see, it's true.
03:51Let's see,mante.
03:52Let's see.
03:54Let's go for it.
03:58Hello?
04:06Hi.
04:08Oh, bye.
04:09This one, guys.
04:09You Joy?
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