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dialogue partners who are also very excited about this situation

of ASEAN. They are contributing even more in some cases than
our own people in the effort to actualize the ASEAN vision.
This year in particular, the fiftieth year anniversary of ASEAN,

every continent, every capital of the dialogue partners, every
capital of the signatory to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

(TAC) of ASEAN, everywhere, this year, they are celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of ASEAN. I have a feeling that we inside are
less excited about our own half century of existence.

So, this year, in particular, I have to travel often to be
presented and to inform them of our dreams and our visions

and, of course, the challenges that we have in the actualization
in the achievement of those dreams and those visions. So,
I have been, what I could say, or what youth call, the cheerleader

of ASEAN, chief cheerleader of ASEAN so that my enthusiasm
about ASEAN has become so obvious that some people are

quite suspicious of what I am saying about ASEAN. So, you
have to be careful.

1 This number is based on population statistics from 2013 (Selected ASEAN
indicators. ASEAN Stats, retrieved July 7, 2017, from https://web.archive.org/...
web/20150904103519/http://www.asean.org/images/2015/January/selected
_key_indicators/Summary%20table_as%20of%20December%202014_R.pdf).
In 2017, the population of ASEAN had reached approximately 647 million.

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