MANILA, PHILIPPINES - NOVEMBER 15: (Front row, from left) Myanmar Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department Han Win Aung, Malaysia Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Johari Abdul Ghani, Thailand Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Brunei Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Abdul Manaf Metussin, Cambodia Deputy Prime Minister Hangchuon Naron, Indonesia Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir, Laos Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Leaders' Interface with representatives of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) on November 15, 2026 in Manila, Philippines. Regional leaders and their international partners are expected to discuss energy security, the conflict in Myanmar and tensions in the South China Sea at the Manila meetings, as the economic fallout from the Middle East war and intensifying US-China rivalry add to pressure on the Southeast Asian bloc. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)