Complex sentence: He was confirmed by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers during their 40th annual meeting in Manila in July 2007 and succeeded Ong Keng Yong from Singapore on January 1,2008.
Split into simpler sentences: He was confirmed by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers during their 40th annual meeting in Manila in July 2007. He will succeed the outgoing Ong Keng Yong from Singapore on January 1,2008.