US tells South-East Asian leaders summit marks 'new era' for ties

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob joined US Vice President Kamala Harris and ASEAN leaders for a discussion on Clean Energy Transformation and Sustainable Infrastructure during ASEAN-US Summit at the State Department here Friday (Saturday in Malaysia). -- - Bernama

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday a first summit in Washington with leaders from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) marked the launch of a "new era" in the relationship between the United States and the 10-nation bloc.

Addressing the second day of a two-day meeting, Biden said "a great deal of history of our world in the next 50 years is going to be written in the ASEAN countries, and our relationship with you is the future, in the coming years and decades."