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Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump has invited Southeast Asian leaders to meet next month in Las Vegas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, after a summit last year was scrapped.
Pompeo confirmed the date when asked at a news conference whether fears over the coronavirus outbreak would delay the summit with members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).
“The Asean summit is still, we’re working our way through it for … the second weekend in March in Las Vegas,” Pompeo said.
Diplomats said that the summit would involve Trump and is expected to take place on March 12 in the desert gambling haven.

The United States began sounding out Southeast Asian leaders about visiting after Chile cancelled a Pacific Rim summit scheduled for November in the wake of major demonstrations.
Trump had likewise skipped an Asean summit and parallel East Asia Summit last year in Bangkok. He instead sent his national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, in the lowest-level participation ever by the United States in the East Asia Summit.
Most Asean leaders snubbed a meeting with O’Brien, sending junior officials who were of more parallel rank.
The low-level presence in Bangkok came after years of US efforts to show that the United States is committed to Asia in the face of a rising China.
In Bangkok, O’Brien renewed the US call for freedom of navigation and accused China of using “intimidation” to stop Asean nations from exploiting resources in the South China Sea.


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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news briefing at the State Department February 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. Secretary Pompeo discussed various topics including the coronavirus outbreak and the peace talks in Afghanistan. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Earlier meeting in Chile last year was cancelled in wake of major demonstrations



Earlier meeting in Chile last year was cancelled in wake of major demonstrations.


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Earlier meeting in Chile last year was cancelled in wake of major demonstrations