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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must be more responsive to the challenges posed by geopolitical developments if it wants to achieve more inclusive and resilient growth in the region. Speaking before his fellow leaders at the 40th Asean Summit Plenary in Cambodia, Marcos underscored the need for Asean to reassert its "centrality" to cope with "geopolitical dynamics and tensions in the region and the proliferation of Indo-Pacific engagements." The 10-nation bloc must develop a "forward-looking Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific," he said. The President appealed for stronger Asean solidarity in facing...
