The Biden administration in the United States announced this month that it will hold a summit meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington, DC.
High-ranking government officials have emphasized that the stance of emphasizing the Indo-Pacific region remains unchanged despite the pressure to respond to the situation in Ukraine.
The Biden administration in the United States has announced that it will hold a summit meeting with ASEAN on March 28 and 29 in the capital city of Washington.
The Byden administration has emphasized its stance to counter China by strengthening cooperation in the fields of security and economic security with Japan and ASEAN countries in the Indo-Pacific strategy, which is the pillar of foreign policy announced in February. ..
President Biden has strongly sought to strengthen cooperation with Southeast Asian countries at the summit meeting with ASEAN countries held for the first time in four years last October, and it is expected that he will seek cooperation at this summit meeting as well.
In a speech on the 28th, Campbell Indo-Pacific Coordinator, who oversees Asian policy at the White House's NSC = National Security Council, must respond to both the situation in Ukraine and China, which is becoming more influential in the Indo-Pacific region. "It's difficult, but very important, and the United States is now called for it," he said, stressing that his focus on the Indo-Pacific region remains unchanged.