The ASEAN vertual Summit, which started on Thursday, kicked off amidst China's aggressive behavior in the disputed South China Sea. There is a group of ASEAN countries that have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.
The ASEAN Summit is taking place amid China's aggressive behaviour in the disputed.
Washington:
US National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has called for the freedom and openness of the Indo-Pacific, a strategic area that has seen a renewed global focus in light of China's expansionist behavior.
Speaking at the virtual US-ASEAN summit on Friday, the White House said Mr.O'Brien highlighted the first-class benefits the partnership has brought to the prosperity, safety and well-being of more than a billion people in the United States and ASEAN countries. statement.
He reaffirmed the United States' long-standing commitment to freedom and openness to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
ASEAN is one of the most influential groupings in the region, and India and several other countries including the United States, China, Japan and Australia are the dialogue partners.
The ASEAN vertual Summit, which started on Thursday, kicked off amidst China's aggressive behavior in the disputed South China Sea. There is a group of ASEAN countries that have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea.
Beijing claims that nearly all of the South China Sea of 1.3 million square miles is its territory. China is building military bases on artificial islands in the area claimed by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, in parts of it.
Beijing has impeded commercial activity such as fishing and mineral exploration by neighboring countries in recent years, saying that the ownership of resource-rich marine lands goes back to China for hundreds of years.
The ten member states of ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.
In addition to the ten ASEAN member states, the East Asia Summit includes India, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Russia.
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