00:00Actually, the Philippines and the ASEAN Office and the whole Department of Foreign Affairs,
00:05together with the concerned government agencies, have been preparing for our chairship.
00:12Yes, we are still discussing the theme as well as the priorities,
00:16but just to give you some kind of an overview,
00:20we have three basic cross-cutting issues that will be the priorities
00:30for the 2026 chairship.
00:32It will be peace and security, maritime cooperation, and climate change.
00:38These three have cross-cutting issues,
00:40and this will be more or less how it will evolve on this very important basic issues.
00:50But we're still in the process of discussion.
00:54Why so?
00:55Because Malaysia has not finished its chairship,
00:58and we are of the view that we should also build on what Malaysia,
01:05this year, on what they have done,
01:09and build some kind of a building block to strengthen ASEAN cooperation,
01:16regional cooperation.
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