MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino will attend the Association of ASEAN-U.S. Summit next week. He will be joined by Foreign Affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario.
The summit aims to build deeper partnerships that the U.S. has forged with ASEAN since 2009 and further advance Washington’s rebalance to Asia and the pacific.
The event will provide leaders a forum to strengthen cooperation on political security and economic issues under the new U.S.-ASEAN strategic partnership, which was launched in November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur.
The U.S. and the ASEAN have worked toward stability, prosperity and peace in Southeast Asia for nearly 40 years. (Eagle News Service)