World leaders are flying to Phnom Penh for the East Asia summit just weeks after long-time ruler Hun Sen threatened to have the country’s main opposition party dissolved.
Civilian slayings by the Myanmar military continue unabated while the world’s eyes are on Ukraine,a new report says.
Penny Wong earlier warned of the risk of miscalculation after China began its biggest ever live-fire drills near Taiwan in retaliation for Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.
As Penny Wong joins ASEAN foreign ministers to discuss the worsening crisis,a new report documents the junta’s use of psychological and physical torture.
President Xi Jinping is expected to raise the AUKUS deal when he meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo next week.
The diplomatic nudging came after Indonesian President Joko Widodo,who is currently the G20 president,had resisted America’s calls to bar Russia from the summit in Bali.
The announcement comes ahead of US President Joe Biden hosting the first-ever Washington summit of leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
It comes as President Joe Biden vowed to stand with Taiwan and ASEAN nations against China’s “coercive” actions.
Scott Morrison announced the regional assistance when addressing ASEAN and moved to assure south-east Asian nations the AUKUS defence pact did not undermine regional stability.
South-east Asian countries will invite a non-political representative from Myanmar to a regional summit this month,delivering an unprecedented snub to the military leader who led a coup against an elected civilian government in February.
A parliamentary inquiry has urged the government to deepen its diplomatic engagement in Asia to navigate the growing tensions between the US and China.