Positive outcome: US and ASEAN to establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in November

Prime Minister Hun Sen, the chair of ASEAN, in a social media message, has said that the two-day ASEAN-US Special Summit 2022 held in Washington co-chaired by him and US President Joe Biden concluded successfully. In a joint statement, ASEAN and US expressed their commitment to establish Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in November at the end of the two-day long ASEAN-US Special Summit 2022 held in Washington, DC.

“As we celebrate the 45th anniversary of ASEAN-US Dialogue Relations in 2022, we commit to establish an ASEAN-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that is meaningful, substantive, and mutually beneficial at the 10th ASEAN-US Summit in November 2022. We look forward to the early completion of the necessary process,” the joint statement said.

They are also emphasising the importance of creating a peaceful environment for further enhancing cooperation and strengthening the existing bonds of friendship between the ASEAN Member States and the United States.

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