US can’t force ASEAN to help contain China

[geovalin]

As chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for 2022, Cambodia announced on April 18 that ASEAN and the United States will hold a special summit in Washington on May 12-13 to commemorate 45 years of ASEAN-US relations. The second special summit since 2016 will be the first in-person meeting of ASEAN leaders since 2017.

 

In fact, the United States had unilaterally announced in February that it plans to host the summit on March 28-29, but the summit was deferred due to an apparent scheduling rift between the two sides. At one point, ASEAN leaders were exasperated because of the several changes in schedule.

 

According to the statements issued by Cambodia and the US, ASEAN leaders and US President Joe Biden will meet to discuss ways and means to deepen cooperation in areas such as COVID-19 response and global health security, climate change, sustainable development, maritime cooperation, human capital development, education and people-to-people exchanges, as well as connectivity and economic engagement.

 

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[KhunLA]

ASEAN doesn't care what the USA thinks or wants.  Never did, never will.

 

ASEAN needs all that China provides, and nothing that the USA offers.  ASEAN will assure the USA of their cooperation, take their money, then do nothing to offend China.

[userabcd]

The US interfering everywhere.