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Biden says U.S. pact with ASEAN will tackle ‘biggest issues of our time’

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Reuters
Published: Nov 12, 2022, 10:51 GMT+00:00

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the United States and the ASEAN bloc will help to tackle "the biggest issues of our time".

ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the United States and the ASEAN bloc will help to tackle “the biggest issues of our time”.

Biden in remarks at a summit of the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Cambodia said the agreement would help build “an Indo-Pacific that’s free and open, stable and prosperous, and resilient and secure.”

(Reporting by Nandita Bose; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Ed Davies)

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