U.S. Official Says China and Russia Blocked ASEAN Summit Statement

Chinese Premier Li Qiang addressing the ASEAN summit last week. Image: Nhac Nguyen / AFP

An unnamed U.S. official told Reuters that China and Russia rejected a joint statement of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at its East Asia summit in Vientiane, Laos.

The summit was dominated by tensions resulting from territorial disputes in the South China Sea and the civil war in Myanmar. The bloc called for a joint South China Sea code of conduct to be fast-tracked.

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