Rest of leaders, officials who attended ASEAN Summit to leave PHL on Wednesday

The remaining leaders and officials who attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila this week are set to leave on Wednesday, according to a report on News To Go.

Many of them left prior to the closing of the summit and its related meetings on Tuesday night, when President Rodrigo Duterte turned over the chairmanship of the regional bloc to Singapore.

Among the high-level leaders who have already left the Philippines are US President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Trump left on Tuesday afternoon, cutting short his Asia trip and skipping the East Asia Summit in Manila due to a delay in the meeting’s schedule.

Also already out of the Philippines are Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha.

Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had left even earlier, Monday, to attend to a state visitor in Vientiane.

The Summit saw in attendance 21 world leaders—from the ASEAN and its dialogue partners—and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres.

Motorists are advised to be aware of the stop-and-go traffic scheme on the roads where the convoys of the officials will pass. —Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/KG, GMA News