Biden touts ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific in summit with ASEAN rulers — Radio Free Asia

President Joe Biden participates in the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit to commemorate 45 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations at the State Department in Washington,  May 13, 2022. Credit: AP

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

Kishida meets Vietnamese leader to discuss cooperation amid Ukraine war

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives in Hanoi on Sunday. | KYODO

Hanoi – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Minh Chinh, on Sunday in Hanoi with the two sides expected to discuss cooperating in their responses to Russia’s war in Ukraine. On the second leg of Kishida’s eight-day tour of Southeast Asia and Europe, the two leaders are expected to confirm their commitment

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