Nusa Dua, Indonesia | AFP | Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he had tested positive for Covid-19, after hosting more than a dozen world leaders including US President Joe Biden at a summit in Phnom Penh. Asia’s longest-ruling leader said in a Facebook post that he got the positive result on arrival in Indonesia for a G20 summit, but was not experiencing any symptoms. Hun Sen had mask-less encounters with leaders from […]
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Pres. Biden, ASEAN launch U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership & US-ASEAN Electric Vehicle Initiative
Pres. Biden says U.S. will collaborate with ASEAN
‘ASEAN must become a peaceful region’ says Indonesia’s President
As Indonesia receives the position of ASEAN chair from Cambodia, the country’s President, Joko Widodo, says “ASEAN must become a peaceful region and anchor for global stability, consistently uphold international law and not be a proxy to any powers”. Widodo’s comments come at the closing ceremony of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh. © Agence France-Presse
EU chief urges China to push Moscow to respect international law
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | AFP | EU chief Charles Michel said Saturday the bloc expected China to use “all the means at its disposal” to push Moscow to respect international law, days before a G20 summit expected to be dominated by the conflict in Ukraine. The European Council president was speaking on the sidelines of a regional summit in Cambodia, where Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged Southeast Asian leaders to support Kyiv. While China […]
Russia denies Sergei Lavrov hospitalised
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russia on Monday denied “as the highest level of fake” reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had been hospitalised on his visit to Indonesia for the G20 summit. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted a video of the 72-year-old diplomat in a T-shirt and shorts along with her. They were shown laughing in the video after several media reported that he was in hospital. “We’re here with Sergei Viktorovich (Lavrov) […]
Russia says US driving Southeast Asian militarisation
Phnom Penh, Cambodia | AFP | Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States of driving increased militarisation in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow’s influence in the region. Sergei Lavrov was speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh’s airport after attending the East Asia Summit in Cambodia — and before flying to Bali for the G20 summit where China’s leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden […]
Biden, Xi seek to avoid conflict at first US-China summit in years
Nusa Dua, Indonesia | AFP | by Sara HUSSEIN / Sebastian Smith Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping voiced hope Monday that the United States and China can manage growing differences and avoid conflict as they met for the first time in more than three years. Xi and Biden shook hands in front of the two nations’ flags before starting a long-awaited sit down on the Indonesian resort of Bali ahead of a Group of […]
Japan PM to meet China’s Xi in Bangkok on Thursday
Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday at an APEC gathering in Bangkok, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said Monday. “Prime Minister Kishida is scheduled to hold a Japan-China summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 17th, on the occasion of the APEC summit,” Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. The leaders spoke on the phone in October 2021 after Kishida’s election, but […]
Closing Ceremony of the ASEAN Summits and Handover of ASEAN Chairmanship to Indonesia
Russian FM Arrives at Phnom Penh International Airport for East Asia Summit
Sat, Nov 12, 2022 10:17 AM H.E. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, arrives at Phnom Penh International Airport this morning to attend the 17th East Asia Summit and Related Summits hosted by Cambodia. Photo: Kol Renny, Sous Savy & Lanh Visal – AKP
PHOTOS: US President Biden arrives in Cambodia for the 40th & 41st ASEAN summits
Arrival of U.S. President H.E. Joe Biden at Phnom Penh International Airport Sat, Nov 12, 2022 9:22 AM President of the United States of America H.E. Joe Biden disembarks from a special aircraft upon his arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport this morning to attend the 10th ASEAN-U.S. Summit and 17th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Phnom Penh capital city. Photo: Kol Renny, Sous Savy & Lanh Visal – AKP
