ASEAN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as China launches missile exercises around Taiwan — Radio Free Asia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell Fontelles in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meetings and Related Meetings, Aug. 4, 2022. Credit: Pool/AP

Southeast Asian nations called for “maximum restraint” as China launched ballistic missiles into the waters around Taiwan on Thursday, while Western nations urged Beijing not to escalate tensions further after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi – who was in Cambodia’s capital for meetings with counterparts from ASEAN

Russia, Ukraine turn Indonesia into diplomatic battlefield — Radio Free Asia

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva gestures while talking to journalists as Defense Attache Sergey Zhevnovatyi listens during a news conference at the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, March 23, 2022. Credit: Reuters

The Russian and Ukrainian ambassadors have turned Indonesia – this year’s G20 chair – into a diplomatic battlefield by holding tit-for-tat press briefings, becoming regulars at local newsrooms and giving interviews to present their versions of what’s happening in the actual warzone.  Take the case of an in-person press conference last week by Lyudmila Vorebieva,

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

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