ASEAN summit to go ahead in May with trimmed agenda: Marcos

MANILA: Philippine ​President Ferdinand ​Marcos Jr. said ​on Friday that the ASEAN Leaders' summit will go ‌ahead in ⁠May, ⁠but will be ​shortened to a "bare-bones" programme that focuses ​on addressing issues like fuel supplies, food ​prices and ⁠migrant workers.

Marcos ‌said he has consulted with his ⁠counterparts in the regional bloc and asked them whether they preferred to postpone the ASEAN summit due to the conflict in ‌the Middle East.

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"The consensus that we came ​to ​is ⁠that it is precisely now that we must coordinate our ​efforts," Marcos told reporters.