00:00...to deliver his opening address and officiate the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits.
00:12When Malaysia assumed the ASEAN Championship, we certainly recognized the magnitude of responsibility before us.
00:22Leadership is never a matter of routine. It is a matter of choice, to define priorities, to renew ASEAN's sense of purpose, and chart a course worthy of our people's hopes.
00:382025 is a year that asks and demands more of us. The world feels unsettled, the old order no longer certain, the new one not yet defined.
00:53Across regions, we see rising contestation of growing uncertainty. These crosswinds test not only our economies, but our collective resolve to keep faith in cooperation,
01:08to believe that understanding and dialogue can still prevail in a divided age.
01:13And yet, amid these trials ASEAN endures, our strength lies not in conformity, but in the conviction that respect and reason still bind us together.
01:27Later this morning, when Cambodia and Thailand signed their peace agreement here in Kuala Lumpur, the world will see that conviction can achieve.
01:35It reminds us that reconciliation is not a concession, but an act of courage, and that peace, once chosen, can reshape the future of nations.
01:48Thank you, Prime Minister Thailand and Prime Minister Cambodia.
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