Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s Foreign Minister for talks that come as friction continues to escalate in the region as Beijing grows more assertive in pressing sweeping maritime claims.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi , 6th from left, poses for group photos with ASEAN ministers and delegates during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024.
The United States and its allies, meanwhile, have been regularly conducting military exercises and patrols in the area to assert their “free and open Indo-Pacific” policy, including the right to navigate international waters — drawing criticism from China.Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in LaosU.S.
This year, tensions between the Philippines — an American treaty ally —- and China have escalated. In June, a Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply shipThe ASEAN countries — Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos — emphasized in their opening meetings Thursday that it’s important they don’t get drawn in as both China and the U.S. look to expand their influence.
After Thursday night’s talks, however, Thai foreign minister Maris Sangiampongsa said the group had discussed the importance of producing the South China Sea code of conduct that it has been working on for some time with China, and planned further talks with China on the matter. In Thursday’s talks, the Philippines pushed for the inclusion of June’s collision in the joint communique to be issued at the end of the meetings. Cambodia and Laos, which are close to China, opposed the wording, according to a senior Southeast Asian diplomat who was involved in closed-door negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter freely.
Maris announced that another $250,000 will be donated to the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management that is overseeing a plan to deliver aid into Myanmar.
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