US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. - AFP
WASHINGTON (Reuters): US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit South-East Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the US embassy in Hanoi.
"Secretary Austin's visit will demonstrate the importance the Biden-Harris Administration places on South-East Asia and on Asean as an essential part of the Indo-Pacific's architecture," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc.
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