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Southeast Asian ministers set to call for opening of Strait of Hormuz in Manila talks
Ministers will issue a joint statement on Middle East hostilities and discuss Myanmar and South China Sea disputes as Rubio and Wang attend.
- On Monday, July 20, 2026, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn joined foreign ministers in Manila for the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, themed 'Navigating Our Future, Together.'
- Southeast Asia's top diplomats will express alarm Tuesday over renewed Middle East hostilities, as the region of more than 680 million people relies heavily on energy supplies transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
- Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro recently met Myanmar's representative to foster dialogue regarding the civil war, though rights groups criticized the engagement for potentially abandoning the bloc's five-point peace plan.
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet regional officials to discuss a proposed 'code of conduct' aimed at preventing spiraling territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where confrontations between Chinese and Philippine forces have spiked in recent years.
- Aiming to reassure allies, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the meetings to bolster Washington's Indo-Pacific strategy amid concerns that American focus on the Middle East distracts from China's aggressive actions against Taiwan.
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