Malaysia didn’t just host Asean — it steadied a shifting world - video Dailymotion

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00:00It began with a dance and the world watched uncertain.

00:05In a time unsettled by trade wars, shifting alliances, and political tempers,

00:10Malaysia, small, diverse, and often underestimated,

00:14found itself at the center of a delicate global moment.

00:18For three days, Kuala Lumpur became a quiet fulcrum,

00:21balancing competing interests with poise, humor, and purpose.

00:25This year's ASEAN Summit wasn't just another meeting of bureaucrats and photo ops.

00:31It was a stage where Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sought to show that diplomacy

00:35could still feel human amid the hard edges of geopolitics.

00:39As China's Xi Jinping and India's Narendra Modi sent envoys instead of attending,

00:44Malaysia's message was unmissable, steady, neutral, and persuasive.

00:49The city's hosting of the historic Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord between Thailand and Cambodia

00:55turned an ASEAN agenda into a symbol of Malaysia's enduring instinct

01:00to bring adversaries to the table.

01:02Trump, famously unpredictable, witnessed the signing

01:06and called it a great step for peace and prosperity in Southeast Asia

01:10before turning to thank Anwar personally.

01:13Anwar's balancing act has been deliberate,

01:15inviting Trump despite protests at home,

01:18and describing diplomacy as practical work in an imperfect world

01:22that demands courage when the ground shifts beneath us.

01:26Amid trade talks and the inclusion of Timor Leste as ASEAN's 11th member,

01:31Malaysia's quiet advocacy for consensus over coercion shone through.

01:36For those few days in Kuala Lumpur, something quieter prevailed,

01:40rhetoric dimmed, tempers cooled,

01:42and the Malaysia many still hope to see,

01:45confident without being combative,

01:47proud without being performative, emerged.

01:49Not everything was scripted,

01:52flashes of levity,

01:54Trump teasing over signatures,

01:56Anwar's quip about prison,

01:58a brief ride together in the beast,

02:01punctuated the summit's gravity with humanity.

02:04In the end, the ASEAN summit reminded the world

02:06that Malaysia's real strength lies not in size or spectacle,

02:10but in calm, grace,

02:12and the human touch of diplomacy.

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02:18Canada to be unanimous for the purposes of gameplay.

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Malaysia didn’t just host Asean — it steadied a shifting world

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