MORE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS ARRIVE IN KL AHEAD OF 58TH AMM
SEPANG, July 7 (Bernama) -- ASEAN leaders continued to arrive in the Malaysian capital on Sunday evening ahead of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings, with delegations from Timor-Leste and Laos among the latest to touch down at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, landed at the Bunga Raya Complex at 7.30 pm, while Laos’ Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane arrived at 8.08 pm.
Earlier, Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Ma Theresa P. Lazaro touched down at 5.10 pm, followed by Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bui Thanh Son, and his wife Vu Thi Bich Ngoc, who arrived at 5.35 pm.
Thailand Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa and his wife Kokan Sangiampongsa landed at 8 pm.
The 58th AMM and related meetings, a key annual event in the ASEAN calendar, will be hosted by Malaysia under its 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship theme, “Inclusivity and Sustainability”.
The highly anticipated gathering will see one of the largest assemblies of foreign ministers and high-ranking diplomats from around the world to discuss pressing global and regional issues, foster cooperation and advance the agenda of security and sustainability in ASEAN.
Over 40 foreign ministers and representatives from international organisations are scheduled to attend a series of ASEAN-led meetings at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) from July 8 to 11.
All foreign ministers of ASEAN member states will be present, except for Myanmar, which will be represented by a senior official from its foreign ministry. The Foreign Minister from Timor-Leste will be participating as an observer.
This marks the fifth time Malaysia is chairing ASEAN, having previously held the chairmanship in 1977, 1997, 2005, and 2015.
-- BERNAMA
