00:00Top diplomats from China, Russia and the United States are expected to arrive in Manila this week
00:04to attend the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers Forum, which began on Monday.
00:11The Philippines is hosting the current Asian Foreign Ministers' meeting.
00:15Expected topics include the crisis in Myanmar, ongoing tensions in the South China Sea,
00:20and the fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has brought fuel shortages,
00:24rising oil prices and disruption to Southeast Asia international trade.
00:29The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Dominique Javier-Imperial
00:33announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will participate in the main ministerial meeting on Tuesday
00:39and the post-ministerial conferences on Thursday.
00:43Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to meet with his Philippine counterpart, Teresa Lázaro.
00:52We want to settle down as we will begin the meeting shortly. Thank you.
00:57Excellencies, I wish to underscore that in the current geopolitical landscape that we are in,
01:03no nation can effectively chart its course alone.
01:06Throughout human history, we have learned that the most successful journeys
01:10are those undertaken together with mutual respect and trust, as well as a shared sense of purpose.
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