{"id":17283,"date":"2025-10-31T02:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17283"},"modified":"2025-10-31T02:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:48:39","slug":"philippines-to-lead-asean-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/10\/31\/philippines-to-lead-asean-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"PHILIPPINES TO LEAD ASEAN IN 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENT <\/strong><strong>Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced that the Philippines will assume the ASEAN Chairship in 2026, following Malaysia\u2019s term.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In his arrival statement after attending the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, President Marcos vowed to continue ASEAN\u2019s thrust toward unity, inclusivity, and sustainability as the region navigates future challenges together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The President met with leaders of Cambodia, Canada, Thailand, Japan, the EU, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Nations Secretary-General, and discussed ways to further strengthen our partnerships and expand cooperation in strategic areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI thank them for expressing their support for our ASEAN Chairship in 2026,\u201d President Marcos added.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The President also said \u201cthe Philippine delegation and I are grateful to Malaysia, the chair of ASEAN this year, and our generous host for the successful 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits and 2025 Chairship of ASEAN.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDuring the closing ceremony of the summits, Malaysia turned over the ASEAN Chairship to us. As the 2026 Chair of ASEAN, the Philippines looks forward to building on the gains of Malaysia\u2019s inclusivity and sustainability theme and carry ASEAN forward as we, as is our theme, \u2018Navigate our Future, Together,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Marcos also shared that \u201cduring this past 47th summit, we welcomed the full accession of Timor-Leste as the 11th member of ASEAN. This is a historic step that reaffirms ASEAN\u2019s commitment to unity and inclusivity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe remain committed to pursuing initiatives that will support Timor-Leste\u2019s capacity to assume its obligations as a full member of ASEAN, with the end goal of further building a people-centered ASEAN,\u201d the President noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. announced that the Philippines will assume the ASEAN Chairship in 2026, following Malaysia&rsquo;s term. In his arrival statement after attending<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17285,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17283\/revisions\/17285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}