Foreign Minister Penny Wong promises South-East Asian nations that Australia will be a "reliable" partner with open markets, as the region grapples with the Trump administration's aid cuts and tariff threats.

Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasizes the importance of ASEAN's collective and strategic steps to maintain relevance amid increasingly complex global geopolitical and geoeconomic pressures.

Asean Foreign Ministers hailed the Asean–Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA) as a vital platform to unlock deeper economic collaboration in digital trade, artificial intelligence, green technology, and clean energy,

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are said to have expressed concern over unilateral tariffs during their meeting in Malaysia.

The talks come at a time of growing pressure to prove the bloc’s relevance amid global uncertainty and a range of regional challenges.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday (July 9) received a courtesy call from Asean foreign ministers, marking the start of a series of high-level engagements in conjunction with the 58th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) and related meetings here.