00:00The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement is a great opportunity to ensure future growth.
00:08Thank you, Mr. Chair, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines, Your Majesty, Excellencies, fellow ASEAN leaders, Secretary General of
00:24ASEAN.
00:25First of all, I would like to thank President Marcos for the warm hospitality and excellent
00:35arrangements that has been made for this summit.
00:41I also welcome Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, His Excellency Salum Sai
00:55to the first ASEAN Summit, and also congratulate him for his accession as Prime Minister of the Lao PDR.
01:12Excellencies, next year, ASEAN turns 60.
01:18For six decades, our cooperation has been central to securing peace, preserving stability and
01:25delivering prosperity to our region.
01:27Today, ASEAN is home to around 700 million people, with a combined economy exceeding US$4 trillion.
01:37We have come a long way.
01:40But the challenges before us demand that we become even stronger, more capable, more united,
01:48and more resilient, ASEAN needs the strength to withstand mounting pressures, economic disruption, geopolitical tension,
02:03the weaponizing of trade, and intensive competition for resources.
02:14The strength must begin at home.
02:20We believe that only if we take care of our own peoples, then we can contribute stronger in the multilateral
02:33field.
02:34For us, food and energy is the highest priority, as well as security of water and the management of water.
02:47In our region, water sometimes becomes scarce, but at other times, water comes in abundance and also causes disasters.
03:02On the energy field, we have succeeded achieving our B50 biodiesel program.
03:12And we are developing 100 gigawatts of solar power, which will contribute to greater energy independence and also cleaner energy.
03:26We are investing in our people through education, healthcare, and the development of domestic industries.
03:34Resilience will become the foundation of strength.
03:38And this will be the foundation of a resilient ASEAN.
03:46We must be stronger. We must be better equipped to address the challenges facing our region and the geopolitical uncertainties
03:55of our world.
03:56ASEAN has the ability. We possess abundant resources, productive land, growing industries, vast domestic markets.
04:09Combined, these strengths can expand regional production, secure food reserves, and ensure reliable energy supplies.
04:17But we have to work together in concert. This is where cooperation within ourselves and also with our external partners
04:28have a role to play.
04:31Our cooperation must be aligned with ASEAN's priorities to bring investment technology and productive capacity that create lasting values for
04:40our region.
04:41Our new partnership with Turkey should advance the same priorities.
04:47The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement is a great opportunity to ensure future growth.
04:57With the potential to unlock a $2 trillion judicial economy by 2030.
05:03It can bring tangible benefit to our businesses, create better prospects for workers, and empower our young people.
05:13Delivering this ambition requires effective institutions and decisive leadership.
05:21Every ASEAN member has the capacity to lead, and every member deserves our collective trust and confidence.
05:28This includes our newest member, Timor Leste.
05:32Indonesia fully supports Timor Leste's aspiration to assume the ASEAN chairmanship in 2029.
05:40The success of its first chairmanship will be a collective success for ASEAN.
05:48Indonesia also stands ready to translate our shared priorities into concrete results.
05:57Excellencies, through ASEAN unity and centrality anchored in international law, we must safeguard peace, uphold dialogue, and strengthen cooperation across
06:12our region.
06:13Our unity must also translate into greater influence in shaping multilateral institutions and global decisions.
06:23ASEAN should work in concert.
06:26For instance, if one member of ASEAN has a candidate for a position in the United Nations or its affiliate
06:40organizations, all ASEAN members should support one candidate.
06:45I think this is very important.
06:48I think this is very important.
06:48It shows that ASEAN is truly a cohesive block.
06:59Excellencies, 60 years ago, our predecessors made a defining choice.
07:06We chose cooperation over division and collaboration over conflict.
07:16We have achieved much together.
07:19I think close cooperation, honesty between neighbors, the fact that we have to work together in full transparency will strengthen
07:33us.
07:33Let us have the courage to build the strength to deliver more together and to resolve to achieve better results
07:43together.
07:44I thank you.
07:46Thank you.
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07:49Thank you.
07:49Oh my God.
07:49Thank you.
