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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 25 May 2025
1. Wide of meeting room
2. Various of foreign ministers on stage for photo opportunity: (left to right on stage) Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hassan, Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo, Bruneian Foreign Minister Erywan Pehin Yusof, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono, East Timor’s Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas, and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn
3. Wide of meeting room
3. Close of sign reading (English): "ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamad Hasan, Malaysian Foreign Minister:
"ASEAN nations are among those most heavily affected by the U.S.-imposed tariffs. The U.S.–China trade war is dramatically disrupting production and trade patterns worldwide. A global economic slowdown is likely to happen. On top of that, we are also grappling with the accelerated impacts of climate change and technological disruptions."
5. Close of ASEAN country flags
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamad Hasan, Malaysian Foreign Minister:
"We will continue to assess them. It is therefore crucial that we reinforce the ties that bind us so as to not unravel under external pressures. For ASEAN, unity is now more important than ever. As the world becomes more polarized, ASEAN must offer a different path. We must continue to promote a model grounded in dialogue, cooperation, and multilateralism."
7. Close of ASEAN country flags
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamad Hasan, Malaysian Foreign Minister:
"We must respond to the potential fallout from global trade disruptions together. With cohesion and solidarity, and strategic economy as one ASEAN community. This collective effort will enable ASEAN to weather challenges, minimise impact on our people, and continue to grow sustainably with a future-proof mindset."
9. Wide of room as meeting commences
STORYLINE:
Southeast Asian nations must stay united to face the fallout from global trade disruptions due to U.S. tariff hikes, Malaysia’s foreign minister said Sunday.
Speaking at the opening of a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Kuala Lumpur, Mohamad Hasan said the bloc’s members were are among those nations most heavily affected by the U.S.-imposed tariffs,.
The countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, many which rely on exports to the U.S., are reeling from U.S. tariffs ranging from 10% to 49%.
Six of its 10 members were among the worst-hit with tarrifs ranging from 32% to 49%.
ASEAN initially sought a meeting with the U.S. as a bloc but that effort appeared to peter off.
When U.S. President Donald Trump last month announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs, countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam swiftly began trade negotiations with Washington.
Hasan also said ASEAN’s unity was also crucial as the region grapples with impacts of climate change and disruption from the malevolent use of artificial intelligence and other unregulated technologies.
The foreign ministers’ meeting preceded Monday’s ASEAN leaders’ summit in Malaysia, the bloc’s current chair.
AP Video shot by Syawalludin Zain
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