Top diplomat Antony Blinken to visit Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand as US seeks to boost engagement


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand next week on his first trip to Southeast Asia, as Washington seeks to ramp up engagement with the region.

The four-day trip will come after Blinken attends a Group of Seven meeting of foreign ministers in the British city of Liverpool over the weekend. Top diplomats from Australia, India, South Korea and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will join the gathering as guests, the US State Department said on Wednesday.

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