Remarks
by President Obama Before U.S.-ASEAN Summit Meeting
Myanmar International Convention
Center, Naypyitaw, Burma
November 13, 2014
Thank you very much, Mr.
President. It is a great pleasure to be
back in this beautiful country and to once again have the opportunity to
consult closely with all of our ASEAN partners.
Today, I’m looking forward to
continuing to build on the strong partnership between ASEAN and the United
States that already exists. President
Thein Sein, I want to thank you for your hospitality and for bringing together
this excellent summit. I think Myanmar
has done a tremendous job chairing ASEAN this year and has shown solid
leadership on issues of critical importance to the entire region.
As has already been noted in the
EAS that we just attended, ASEAN is at the heart of Asia’s rapid growth. Its people are ambitious and energetic and
talented, and I’m looking forward to spending time tomorrow with young leaders
from across Southeast Asia. And as a
strong relationship between the United States and ASEAN is essential to
realizing our shared vision for the future of the Asia Pacific, I intend to
continue to invest in these efforts not only during our summits but, more
importantly, on a day-to-day basis.
During the past six years, we’ve
made great strides in elevating and expanding this partnership, but I think we
all agree we can still do more. And
that’s why the United States is committed to strengthening ASEAN, both as an
institution and as a community of nations bound by our shared interests and
values. And so whether we are working on
economic issues, social issues, security issues, disaster relief, enhancing
educational opportunities for all the young people of the region, strengthening
our public health infrastructure to ensure that we can handle an outbreak of
disease – in each and every one of these cases, I believe that we are going to
be stronger together than when we act individually. And we are very much invested in building the
capacity not just of individual nations but between nations so that together we
can become stronger, more capable partners to each other and meet the regional
and global challenges ahead. So thank
you very much, Mr. President, and I look forward to hearing the remarks from
our fellow leaders. |
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