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PNoy to leave for ASEAN summit in Cambodia Saturday
« on: November 15, 2012, 11:55:01 PM »
President Benigno S. Aquino III will depart for Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday to join other ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) leaders and leaders of ASEAN’s Dialogue Partners in the 21st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits from November 18 to 20, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement released Wednesday.

The Summit’s theme is “ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny” in preparation for an ASEAN community by 2015.

The DFA said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will formally open the Summit on Nov. 18 with the official launching of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

The RCEP Framework establishes an ASEAN-led process for engaging interested ASEAN Dialogue Partners and, subsequently, other external economic partners.

Also up for signing is the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) which is envisioned as ASEAN’s articulation of its human rights principles, which would serve as the guiding document for activities aimed at promoting and enhancing regional cooperation on human rights.

President Aquino will have series of meetings with nine ASEAN leaders and with ASEAN’s East Asia Summit (EAS) partners.

One of the meetings will be the East Asia Summit (EAS), a regional leaders' forum for strategic dialogue and cooperation on critical challenges facing the East Asian region. The EAS is an important regional grouping with a significant role to play in advancing closer regional integration and cooperation in a dynamic East Asia.

In these meetings, the President is expected to express Philippine positions on maritime security and cooperation/West Philippine Sea (WPS), migrant workers’ protection and welfare and human rights, among others. - PNA

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