Blinken Arrives at Asia Summit With Firm Line on Myanmar, China

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he arrives for the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 10, 2024. TANG CHHIN SOTHY / POOL / AFP

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Laos on Thursday for the East Asia Summit, where he will push a firm line on Myanmar’s junta and Beijing’s assertive actions in the South China Sea.

In a shift of focus after exhaustive diplomacy on the Middle East crisis, the top US diplomat landed in Vientiane, where he will represent the United States at the annual Southeast Asian-led meetings, which President Joe Biden is skipping for the second straight year.

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