WORLD-AMERICAS: Sincerity of US ‘vision’ for ASEAN put to test
Flanked by Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (left) and Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (right), United States President Joe Biden reacts to a reporter’s question during a family photo for the US-ASEAN Special Summit on the South Lawn of the White House on May 12 in Washington, DC.(AFP/Drew Angerer)
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US President Joe Biden (C) takes part in the family photo for the US-ASEAN Special Summit on the South Lawn of the White House on May 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. Southeast Asian Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are visiting Washington, DC for a special summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. Secretary General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Prime Minister of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassan, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Long, Prime Minister of the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Phankham Viphavan, Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Teodoro Locsin. (AFP/Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\
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Amid China’s exceptional sway in Southeast Asia, the United States seeks to reaffirm its previous advances during the ASEAN-US Special Summit earlier this month, which were aimed to rekindle its once-neglected ASEAN ties whilst celebrating 45 years of the engagement.
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In a webinar on Tuesday hosted by The Habibie Center, ASEAN analysts and Steve Weston, the chargé d’affaires for the US Mission to ASEAN, dissected the first-year gains and second-year challenges for US President Joe Biden, especially in terms of Southeast Asia engagement.
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Weston reaffirmed the US commitment to the ASEAN-US Strategic Partnership through the five-year plan issued in 2021 to promote cooperation between the partners through existing ASEAN-led mechanisms.
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The plan encompasses maritime cooperation, connectivity, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 and “economic and other possible areas of cooperation to contribute to peace, prosperity and development in the region”.
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Yvette Tanamal
The Jakarta Post
● Thu, June 2, 2022
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