Alarmed ASEAN leaders discuss crisis plan to mitigate backlash from Middle East war
The draft plan seeks fuel-sharing, evacuation coordination and stronger food security as more than a million ASEAN citizens face risks in the Middle East.
- On Friday, ASEAN leaders in Cebu City drafted a contingency plan to address economic fallout from the Iran war, urging good-faith negotiations between the United States and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro said the Southeast Asian bloc imports about 66 percent of its crude oil, leaving it vulnerable after the Iran conflict choked off energy supplies.
- Economic ministers 'identified practical, concrete response measures' to strengthen energy security, including diversifying supply routes and ratifying an ASEAN fuel-sharing pact to ensure its 'earliest possible entry into force.'
- Despite the Middle East focus, leaders addressed regional flashpoints, including the five-year civil war in Myanmar and maritime tensions in the South China Sea involving Beijing and several member states.
- Ministers agreed to engage Myanmar's foreign minister virtually to discuss normalization, while the bloc attempts to counter criticisms of being an ineffective 'talk shop' amid deep divisions among its 11 members.
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ASEAN leaders agreed on an emergency plan to address the impact of a potential war with Iran, and are urgently discussing oil reserves and shared power grids, fearing a severe impact on the economy and labor in the Middle East.
Alarmed Southeast Asian leaders adopt crisis plan to mitigate backlash from Middle East war
The Philippines, among the worst affected by fuel price spikes caused by the Iran war, hosted the Assn. of Southeast Asian Nations annual summit on the central island province of Cebu.
'Will take years to fix': Asean leaders push Iran war strategy to ease energy crisis
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is calling for a unified strategy to ensure energy and food security; the region is particularly exposed to nearly 70-day blockade of Strait of Hormuz
ASEAN leaders meet to discuss plans to ease Iran war impacts
Southeast Asian leaders are meeting in the Philippines, with the economic fallout from the Iran war the main focus. Disputes in the South China Sea and border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia are also on the agenda.
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