The final day of the Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea 2025 featured a series of high-level discussions underscoring the critical role of transparency, cooperation, and capacity-building in advancing regional peace and stability.
The day opened with โ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ,โ where experts explored how open communication, free press, and cooperative information-sharing can strengthen resilience against disinformation and foreign influence campaigns.
Parallel sessions then examined the intersection of maritime and economic security, the management of disputes and risk reduction in the South China Sea, and practical measures for promoting cooperation under international law.
A Special ASEAN Coast Guard Forum Roundtable followed, where heads of regional maritime law enforcement agenciesโ including ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐จ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐กโdiscussed pathways to institutionalize the ACGF as a formal ASEAN mechanism for collaboration and maritime safety.
In the afternoon, discussions on maritime capacity-building and defending the rules-based order brought together senior officials and experts to share perspectives on sustaining cooperation and strengthening collective resilience in the Indo-Pacific.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
