KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has stressed the imperative of sustained engagement and constructive dialogue among major global powers despite the absence of a joint statement at the just-concluded East Asia Summit (EAS).
He emphasised that the EAS continues to serve as a rare and strategically significant platform where all key players, including Russia, China, and the United States, are present and willing to engage directly on shared regional and global concerns.
“You don’t (usually) have regional meetings with their presence. Some meetings, if Myanmar comes in, the Europeans get out. Some meetings, if Russia is coming in, the others will not participate. But in the ASEAN-sponsored East Asia Summit, at least there was preparedness to engage and listen.
“They may agree (or) they may disagree but that is the position, and the consensus within ASEAN is to ensure that there is engagement,” he told a press conference after the closing ceremony of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits and handing over of the ASEAN chairmanship to the Phillipines here today.
Anwar said ASEAN’s priority is to keep channels of communication open despite differing positions among member states and dialogue partners.
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