US President Donald Trump will attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United States Special Summit in Manila on November 17, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

On the same day, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who chairs this year’s Summit, will convene the 29th ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the 21st East Asia Summit (EAS), the premier Leaders-led forum for dialogue and cooperation on strategic, political, and economic issues of common concern and interest in the region.

Marcos will also lead the closing ceremony and the handover of the ASEAN Chairship to Singapore before the day will culminate with the ASEAN-United States Special Summit, which will be join by Trump.

According to the DFA, "the high-level engagements will commence on November 15 with the opening ceremony of the 49th ASEAN Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).

This will be followed by the Plenary and Retreat Sessions, where ASEAN Leaders will take stock of the Philippines’ Chairship achievements and discuss ways to strengthen ASEAN’s collective capacity to address emerging regional and global challenges, including the situation in Myanmar."

"The Leaders will also have interface meetings with ASEAN Parliamentarians, the business community, and the youth," it stated.

Marcos will also be joined by the leaders from ASEAN Member States, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam while Myanmar will be represented by the Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department of its Foreign Ministry.

The DFA noted that "the Plenary will also feature remarks from the Leaders of Brazil and Canada, as well as the International Monetary Fund as this year’s Guests of the Chair."

"Their participation underscores the value of ASEAN’s engagement with key global partners in advancing regional economic resilience and addressing shared challenges in an increasingly interconnected global economy, in line with Philippines’ Chairship priorities particularly under its Prosperity Corridors," it stated.

The Related Summits or the Plus One Summits will commence on November 16 and continue until November 17.

"These engagements will provide an opportunity to reaffirm existing partnerships and advance cooperation on shared regional and global priorities with ASEAN’s dialogue partners, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, United Nations, and the United States of America, whose Leaders are joining President Marcos to co-chair the Related Summits," said DFA.

"New Zealand will be represented by its Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, while Russia will be represented by its Foreign Minister," it added. Robina Asido/PHS