00:00Relax at your sides.
00:02At the Cube, may we invite your Majesty and your Excellencies to share your warmest smiles.
00:09In three, two, one.
00:38Welcome to the 48th ASEAN Summit Plenary.
00:42In the week's show, we should build on the momentum of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration adopted last year,
00:48which reaffirmed our shared commitment to strategic autonomy, economic resilience, and sustainable growth.
00:56The declaration recognized that energy security for resilience, supply chain stability,
01:05and stronger regional connectivity are now strategic imperative, not merely sectoral concerns.
01:13It reminded us that ASEAN centrality must be preserved through practical cooperation
01:20that allows our region to remain open, inclusive, and resilient,
01:26amid growing geopolitical fragmentation.
01:30Military fully supports accelerating the implementation of the ASEAN framework on Petroleum Security Agreement.
01:40It provides an essential layer of protection as domestic oil and gas production declines across the region.
01:48It must also diversify our fossil fuel sources and reduce over-dependence on vulnerable supply chains.
01:59Now, the energy crisis is already feeding directly into food and security.
02:06Higher fuel prices are raising fertilizer, transport, and production costs,
02:12creating immediate supply pressures across the region.
02:17If disruptions persist, ASEAN faces the risk of lower yields and sustain food inflation well into next year.
02:28Food security must, therefore, be treated as a regional strategic priority.
02:35I propose that our relevant ministers urgently explore a regional standby regimen for food security during crisis
02:44to ensure faster coordination and emerging response.
02:49We should also strengthen the ASEAN plus 3 emergency rice reserve mechanism
02:57and work with our partners to consider expanding cooperation beyond rice reserves to include fertilizer security.
03:06In this innovation, including inclusive and responsible, ASEAN has expressed serious concern over the escalation of conflict
03:13due to the preemptive attacks initiated by Israel and the United States against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February
03:2128, 2026
03:23and the subsequent retaliatory attacks by Iran against several countries in the region.
03:29Against this backdrop, we come together guided by ASEAN's long-standing commitment to peace
03:36and the collective positions expressed by each ASEAN member state,
03:41the immediate cessation of hostilities, the peaceful settlement of disputes,
03:46the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure,
03:50and the restoration of safe, unimpeded, and continuous transit passage in the Strait of Hormuz.
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