President Rodrigo Roa Duterte formally opens the 31st ASEAN Summit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, together with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and dialogue partners, formally opens the 31st ASEAN Summit and Related Summits at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Pasay City, Monday, November 13, 2017.

President Duterte leads the 31st Association of the Southeast Asian Nations Summit Plenary

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the 31st Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit Plenary as this year's ASEAN Chair at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on November 13, 2017.

The Summit, attended by the ASEAN 10 Member States and ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, is set to tackle the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and The Way Forward, and the appointment of the new Secretary-General of ASEAN.  The ASEAN Leaders will also exchange views on regional and international issues.

In concluding the Summit, the leaders will also adopt/note outcome documents on relevant issues under the three community pillars of ASEAN: ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC).