Biden to host Asean leaders for Washington summit in March

WASHINGTON/HANOI, March 1 (AP): President Joe Biden will host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for a special summit in Washington next month, the White House has announced .

The meeting of the 10-member Asean will be held March 28-29 and is being billed by the White House as an opportunity to demonstrate the US commitment to the bloc and a chance to mark 45 years of US-Asean relations.