Ukraine boosts South-East Asia ties with peace accord at Asean summit in Cambodia

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba applauds as Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn speaks during signing ceremonies of the Instrument of Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC) by Spain and Ukraine on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. - AP

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP): Ukraine signed a peace accord on Thursday with South-East Asian nations, a largely symbolic act that comes as Kyiv seeks to shore up international support in isolating Russia.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba signed the "Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia” as the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations got underway in Phnom Penh.