SHOTLIST: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (MAY 27, 2025) (MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTRY - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER ANWAR IBRAHIM SPEAKING AT ASEAN-GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL SUMMITSCRIPT The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and China held their inaugural trilateral summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Malaysia, as the rotating chair of the ASEAN, hosted the summit after the regional bloc's two-day summit in the capital. Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the president of the current session of the Supreme Council of the GCC, China’s Premier Li Qiang, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan and Malaysian Premier Anwar Ibrahim all attended. Anwar, in his opening remarks, stressed the summit's inaugural status for the three regions, according to the Malaysia's state news agency Bernama. "These are regions booming with fantastic achievements. The GCC has become a center of financial strength, artificial intelligence, and digital innovation, with energy remaining its core pillar," Anwar said, noting how China has pushed far beyond its borders, affecting both the region and the world on economic fronts. The summit provided a platform for the leaders to "exchange views on ways to strengthen economic resilience and shared prosperity across ASEAN, GCC and China, as well as for global prosperity," said a statement from ASEAN on X. Malaysia-GCC Free Trade Agreement was also signed on Monday by the relevant parties.