Opisyal nang magbubukas ang ika-31 ASEAN o Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and Related Meetings ngayong araw.
Pangungunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang opening ceremony para ASEAN Summit sa CCP o Cultural Center of the Philippines habang gagawin naman ang mga pagpupulong sa Plenary Hall ng PICC o Philippine International Convention Center.
Kahapon, nagdatingan ang iba’t ibang ASEAN leaders sa Clark International Airport sa Pampanga tulad nila Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Zuan Phuc at Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o Cha.
Dumating din ang mga pinuno ng ASEAN partner countries tulad nila Chinese Prime Minister Lee Kueqiang, Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull, South Korean President Moon Jae In at New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Gayundin sina Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Donald Tusk, Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres at US President Donald Trump.
(Ulat ni Raoul Esperas)
