(UPDATES) VIENTIANE, Laos — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday ordered concerned government agencies to mobilize all assets and evacuate Filipinos affected by the crisis in the Middle East "by whatever means."

The President convened a meeting via Zoom with some Cabinet secretaries to discuss the situation in conflict areas in the Middle East amid his hectic schedule on the sidelines of the ongoing 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Summits here.

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