JAKARTA: President Prabowo Subianto (pic) has returned to Jakarta from Malaysia ahead of schedule, following a busy weekend at the Asean Summit, which saw South-East Asian leaders sit down with United States President Donald Trump to hash out new deals, the United Nations chief call for an end to violence in Myanmar and the welcoming of the bloc's 11th member Timor-Leste after a 14-year wait.
The region’s premier geopolitical forum, which brings together Asean member states, their 11 dialogue partners and a number of special appearances on the summit’s margins, is being held at a time of vast global disruption due in part to negotiations over Trump’s “world tariffs”, which has forced countries to reassess their options to stay afloat amid global economic headwinds.
