{"id":219990,"date":"2019-06-23T06:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T10:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=219990"},"modified":"2019-06-23T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T10:51:06","slug":"prrd-says-asean-must-face-challenges-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/23\/prrd-says-asean-must-face-challenges-together\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD says ASEAN must face challenges together"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219991\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/YNCY36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219991\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/YNCY36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/YNCY36.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/YNCY36-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte poses for the family photo with the leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states during the 34th ASEAN Summit opening ceremony at The Athenee Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on June 23, 2019. YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BANGKOK<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has indeed been making progress in achieving its goals, such as \u201cgreater peace and stability and progress to our peoples for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he said that there are challenges that remained, such as the trade war between the United States and China, which he said has been \u201ccreating uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is taking a toll on global growth. And it could hinder the ongoing processes of economic integration (of ASEAN member countries),\u201d Duterte said in his remarks at the plenary of the 34th ASEAN Summit here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He said while the US and China have to \u201ctake the high road and resolve their differences before the situation spirals out of control,\u201d the ASEAN \u201cmust strengthen our support for a rules-based and open multilateral trading system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must reject the zero-sum approach to international economic relations. In pursuit of growth, we should be partners not competitors. The Philippines therefore supports the ASEAN Single Window \u2013 a concrete initiative towards a seamless cross-border trade,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte also said terrorism, violent extremism and transnational crimes remained major threats to the overall security of the region as these \u201cdivide our communities, destroy families, and undermine the growth we fought hard to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal drugs, in particular, corrode the very fabric of our societies. We must redouble our collective efforts to counter these threats effectively and with finality,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte called on fellow ASEAN leaders to \u201crise up to the challenges\u201d amid these \u201csweeping changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASEAN must do more to bring positive change to the lives of its [peoples],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BANGKOK\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has indeed been making progress in achieving its &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":219991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-allan-nawal","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219992,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219990\/revisions\/219992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}