Climate change and a resilient Indo-Pacific will be addressed in a new US-ASEAN deal, Joe Biden says..Mr Biden's attendance at the ASEAN summit comes as the United States seeks to reassert itself after a period of regional uncertainty.
"Together we will tackle the biggest issues of our time, from climate, to health security, to defend against the significant threat to the rule-based order," he said, opening a meeting in Cambodia with leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Actions of Russia and China are key issues, Anthony Albanese tells world leaders at ASEAN summit
The event is the first in a series of summits in Southeast Asia over the next seven days that are expected to discuss tricky global issues, from the war in Ukraine, climate, and regional tensions over the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and North Korean missile launches. Yoon and Japan's Kishida also criticised North Korea's attempt to boost its nuclear and missile capabilities, calling it a serious and unacceptable threat.
Global leaders will attend an East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh on Sunday, ahead of a business gathering and a G20 leaders summit in Bali next week, before moving to Bangkok for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Mr Biden on Saturday said the meetings would discuss Russia's "brutal" war against Ukraine and US efforts to address the war's global impact.
The subtext is geopolitics