MANILA, Philippines — United States President Donald Trump and United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres will attend the 49th Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit in November in Manila.
Malacanang on Wednesday confirmed Trump's attendance to the Summit from Nov. 16 to 18, 2026 as the Philippines serves as Asean chairman this year.
The Palace, however, declined to provide additional details of Trump's visit.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government expected the 10 other Asean Leaders "to attend the Summit."
Asean is composed of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
"The UN SecGen is likewise attending for the Asean-UN Summit," DFA Assistant Secretary and Asean spokesman Dax Imperial said in a text message.
"As for dialogue partners, we expect the leaders from Asean Plus Three and the EAS (East Asia Summit) to attend, although at the moment we are still awaiting receipt of official notification regarding the leaders’ attendance," Imperial said.
The Asean Plus Three is composed of the 11 Asean member-states and their dialogue partners China, Japan, and South Korea.
The EAS involves the 11 Asean leaders and eight dialogue partners from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, and the US.
