EU, South-East Asia to hold first full summit amid security fears

BRUSSELS (Reuters): EU and South-East Asian nations will hold their first full summit in December, a sign that the two blocs are looking for closer ties amid concerns over security threats from China and Russia, officials told Reuters.

The summit, to be held in Brussels on Dec 14 but yet to be publicly announced, is seen as a sign of "increasingly close relations in the current geopolitical context", one EU official said.