US Calls for Freedom of ASEAN Countries to Choose Their Alliances

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized Friday the value of ensuring the state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to take and forge alliances without facing coercion. Speaking to reporters pursuing the ASEAN overseas ministers’ gathering successful Indonesia, Blinken said the United States and the 10-member bloc person embarked connected “a caller era” successful their relations that are defined by accrued collaboration. The U.S. diplo...