US President Joe Biden should spend more time with South-East Asian leaders during a summit in Washington next week if his administration is serious about elevating US ties with the region, where China holds significant sway, a senior Cambodian official said.
No individual meetings were currently planned between the region’s leaders and Biden when the 10-nation Asean meets with him as a bloc for talks on May 12 and 13, said Kao Kim Hourn, a minister and close adviser to Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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