The US has not joined the meetings at the presidential level since Mr Biden's predecessor Donald Trump attended an Asean-US meeting in Manila in 2017.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - United States President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with the Asean on Tuesday (Oct 26), the first time in four years Washington will engage at the top level with a bloc it sees as key to its strategy of pushing back against China. The US embassy in Brunei said Mr Biden will.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering on a pledge to supply COVID-19 vaccine doses to Southeast Asia is critical to the credibility of the Quad group of countries, which made the commitment
Delivering on a pledge to supply COVID-19 vaccine doses to Southeast Asia is critical to the credibility of the Quad group of countries, which made the commitment in March, a senior White House official said on Wednesday.