Southeast Asian defense chiefs are meeting with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations. The closed-door talks put U.S.
Laos ’ Defence Minister Chansamone Chanyalath, right, welcomes US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Association of Southeast Asia n Nations defense ministers’ meeting in Vientiane, Laos , Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, left, gestures as Laos ’ Defence Minister Chansamone Chanyalath stands by during the Association of Southeast Asia n Nations defense ministers’ meeting in Vientiane, Laos , Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
The ASEAN meetings come as member nations are looking warily toward the change in American administrations at a time ofThe U.S. has firmly pushed a “free and open Indo-Pacific” policy under outgoing President Joe Biden and it is not yet clear how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump will address the South China Sea situation.
Along with the Philippines, ASEAN members Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have competing claims with China in the South China Sea, whichAs China has grown more assertive in pushing its territorial claims in recent years, it and ASEAN have been negotiating a code of conduct to govern behavior in the sea, but progress has been slow.
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