President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Speech During the Opening Ceremony of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
Manila, 30 July 2007
Thank you very much, Secretary Romulo.
Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Member Nations as well as Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste; ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong; excellencies of the diplomatic corps; Speaker de Venecia; members of the Philippine senate; Senator Angara, former Senate President of the Philippines; Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and our Philippine nominee to the International Court of Justice; (applause) Mayor of Manila, Mayor Fred Lim; Vice Mayor of Pasay City, Vice Mayor Calixto; members of the cabinet and other government officials; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.
A warm Filipino welcome to our ASEAN partners and allies from all over the world. Mabuhay!
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