国际英语资讯:Philippines committed to building strong, resilient ASEAN: Duterte_时事

国际英语资讯:Philippines committed to building strong, resilient ASEAN: Duterte

MANILA, Nov. 14 -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that his country remained committed to building a strong and resilient Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Duterte, whose country is the chair of ASEAN this year, handed over the chairmanship of ASEAN for 2018 to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

"We remain committed to building a strong and resilient ASEAN Community. Our next 50 years will require deeper efforts on the next 3Cs: Community, Centrality, and Connectivity if we are to realize our ASEAN Vision by 2025," Duterte said at the end of a two-day ASEAN summit.

国际英语资讯:Philippines committed to building strong, resilient ASEAN: Duterte1

Duterte said the Philippine chairmanship was an auspicious one for ASEAN, as the regional grouping also marked the 50th anniversary of its founding.

"We thank the ASEAN member states, our dialogue partners, various stakeholders in our societies, and the international community, in general, in celebrating with us what has become one of the most successful regional organizations in the world," he said.

The president said the ASEAN leaders adopted and noted a number of declarations, statements, and action plans across the three pillars of the ASEAN Community, and on ASEAN's relations with dialogue partners, "which reflect our desire for greater cooperation in addressing a multitude of concerns facing the region and our people."