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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo poses for a souvenir photo with
Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra after
the conclusion of their two-day Seventh ASEAN Summit held today (November 6) at the
International Convention Center's Dewan Muzakarah in Brunei Darussalam. (Malacaņang
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo joins the nine other leaders of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in linking their arms together as they pose
for a souvenir photo before the start of the Seventh ASEAN Summit held this morning
(November 5) at the International Convention Center’s Dewan Muzakarah in Brunei
Darussalam. The other ASEAN leaders are (from left) Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok
Tong, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister Phan Van Kai of Vietnam,
Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen of
Cambodia, Indonesian Prime Minister Megawati Sukarnoputri, Prime Minister Boun Nhang
Vorachit of Laos, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and Prime Minister Than Shwe
of Myanmar. (Malacanang Photo) |
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The Seventh ASEAN Summit opens this morning (November 5) at the
International Convention Center’s Dewan Muzakarah in Brunei Darussalam with the 10
ASEAN leaders in attendance, namely, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar,
Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, and Brunei Darussalam. President Macapagal-Arroyo
Sunday night (November 4) said the Philippines is willing to host a multilateral
"simulation game" aimed at creating an emergency response to threats of
terrorism in the Southeast Asian region. The President proposed the conduct of a
simulation game to combat terrorism in a speech during the working dinner (Malacanang
Photo) |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stresses a point as she holds a
bilateral meeting with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam Sunday (November 4) at
the Istana Nurul Iman. The President is in Brunei Darussalam to attend the Seventh ASEAN
(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit. (Malacanang Photo) |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is welcomed by Brunei’s leader,
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, before she joined the other Heads of State/Government of ASEAN
for a working dinner last night (November 4) at the International Convention Center’s
(ICC) Royal Lounge in Brunei Darussalam. The President is in Brunei Darussalam to attend
the Seventh ASEAN Summit. (Malacanang Photo) |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo exchanges verbal notes with Prime
Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia during a bilateral meeting between the two leaders held
yesterday (November 4) at the Empire Hotel and Country Club in Brunei Darussalam. During
their meeting, the President, who is in Brunei Darussalam to attend the Seventh ASEAN
Summit, expressed hope for the expansion of bilateral trade relations between the
Philippines and Cambodia. (Malacanang Photo) |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo exchanges pleasantries with Prime
Minister Boun-Nhang Vorachit of Laos during their bilateral meeting held yesterday
(November 4) at the Empire Hotel and Country Club in Brunei Darussalam. During their
meeting, the President briefed the Laotian Prime Minister of the initiatives she would
raise before the ongoing ASEAN Summit in Brunei Darussalam specifically on the issue of
terrorism. (Malacanang Photo). |
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gets a hug from First Gentleman Atty.
Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo before departing for Brunei Darussalam at the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport today (November 4, 2001). The President will attend the
seventh summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that will last until
Tuesday, November 6. Among those seeing off the President are son Diosdado, daughter
Evangeline Lourdes "Luli,", Foreign Secretary Teofisto Guingona, Executive
Secretary Alberto Romulo and other Cabinet officials. (Malacanang Photo) |
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