Singapore’s prime minister warned Thursday that trade and security were being put at risk by U.S.-China tensions and urged better communication between Washington and Beijing to maintain stability and growth in Asia. “If U.S.-China relations continue on this path, it will lead to further bifurcation of technology and splitting of supply chains or even worse,
China and countries from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct face-to-face consultations on a Code of Conduct (COC) in the disputed South China Sea later this month in Cambodia, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing that the consultations will be done in person “in the
Beijing has slammed the U.S.-proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), calling it an attempt by Washington to lure Southeast Asian countries to “decouple from China.” U.S. President Joe Biden has been hosting a special two-day summit with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that ends Friday. At the summit, it’s expected that the
UPDATED at 7:00 P.M. EDT on 2022-05-13 U.S. President Joe Biden declared to Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that “our relationship with you is the future,” as he wound up a summit with the ASEAN bloc of nations aimed at shoring up trans-Pacific ties and countering China’s heavy influence in the region. Biden’s remarks to
The United States is highlighting its commitment to Southeast Asia by holding a leader-level summit with ASEAN members this week in Washington despite being in the midst of dealing with the Ukraine turmoil, analysts said. But Washington is not likely to present a coherent economic strategy to reduce Southeast Asia’s overreliance on China and that
” Therefore, we have actually asked Myanmar to send out a non-political agent rather. We motivate Myanmar to be represented at the retreat by a non-political figure, rather than leaving the seat empty. It is up to Myanmar to choose,” he included. The retreat is set for Feb. 16. Reported by RFAs Khmer Service and
” I do not believe that minilateralism will be as destructive to ASEAN as some may believe. Foster brotherhood. Distinctions with ASEAN have actually been on display screen in current weeks over Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen radical effort to solve the crisis in Myanmar. Recently he lashed out against his Malaysian equivalent for slamming
Cambodian Prime Minister and ASEAN chair Hun Sen, in a phone call with Indonesias president on Friday, blasted Malaysias foreign minister for being “arrogant” by criticizing Phnom Penhs technique to deal with Myanmar. Malaysias top diplomat, Saifuddin Abdullah, told press reporters recently that Hun Sen need to have sought advice from with other leaders from
