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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim welcomed foreign ministers from Asean countries as well as the bloc's secretary general in Kuala Lumpur at a courtesy call on Wednesday (July 9).

All member countries except Myanmar were present at the call, ahead of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting, held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

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00:00Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim welcomed foreign ministers from ASEAN countries,
00:09as well as the bloc's secretary-general in Kuala Lumpur, at a courtesy call on Wednesday.
00:14All member countries except Myanmar were present at the call,
00:18ahead of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting, held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center.
00:24On the agenda for the three-day meeting are U.S. tariffs and the situation in Gaza,
00:30along with regional issues such as the ongoing conflict in Myanmar.
00:34The meeting started on Wednesday and will conclude on Friday.
00:38China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are expected to join the meetings,
00:44as will U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who makes his first trip to Asia,
00:49looking to smooth over relations with allies and partners, rattled by President Donald Trump's tariff strategy.
00:57Trump on Monday announced hefty levies of between 25% and 40% on six Southeast Asian countries,
01:05despite concerted efforts by some to offer broad concessions and negotiate lower rates.
01:10The export-reliant ASEAN is collectively the world's fifth-biggest economy,
01:15with some members beneficiaries of supply chain realignments, from China.
01:20Only Vietnam has secured a deal, which lowers the levy to 20% from 46% initially.
01:28Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia said they would seek further talks ahead of the tariff implementation on August 1st.
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