US woos Asean with jab diplomacy
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Kavi Chongkittavorn A veteran journalist on regional affairs
published : 20 Jul 2021 at 04:00
1 A mural depicting coronavirus frontline workers along a street in Hanoi. The US sent Vietnam 2 million Moderna vaccine doses on July 6. AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the special session with Asean last week to shore up Washington s position in Southeast Asia. He touched on China, the disputes over the South China Sea, the situation in Myanmar and the response to Covid-19, amongst others. Strangely enough, the phrase free and open Mekong was introduced for the first time in the latest US position regarding the most important strategic area of mainland Southeast Asia.
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