NAKIPAGKAISA si Interior Secretary Eduardo Año sa 64 senior officials ng sampung bansang kabilang sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) upang labanan ang samu’t saring porma ng transnational crimes.

Bilang kinatawan ng bansa, nakipagkasundo si Año sa 64 opisyal upang paigtingin ang “stronger regional collaboration” upang wakasan ang mga krimeng tulad ng human smuggling, trafficking ng wildlife at timber sa sampung bansa sa ASEAN.

“In moving into the better normal, we the ASEAN member states, must strengthen our bonds so as to give transnational criminals the opportunity to disrupt our efforts in saving lives, recovering from the (coronavirus disease – 2019) pandemic, rebuilding our economies, and improving the wellbeing of our people,” pahayag ni Año sa kauna-kaunahang virtual meeting ng ASEAN Senior

Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC) nitong Setyembre 25.

Idinagdag ni Año na: “As both transnational crimes and COVID – 19 favor no people, race or social class, all of us must work together to cure the deep and longstanding scars that these problems have left on our hands. Together, let us share with the rest of the world the greater cause of putting an end to these worldwide tormentors.”

Pinangunahan ng Pilipinas ang pulong.

Ang mga bansang lumahok sa pulong ay ang Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand at Vietnam. (NELSON S. BADILLA)