Obama seeks meeting with ASEAN leaders

Obama seeks meeting with ASEAN leaders

Obama seeks meeting with ASEAN leaders
Local Philippines News In English

HANOI (AFP) – President Barack Obama will invite Southeast Asian leaders to a summit in Washington later this year, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.

“President Obama plans to invite ASEAN leaders to a second US-ASEAN leaders' meeting in the United States this coming autumn,” Clinton said in remarks to the 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum security dialogue.

The Washington talks will follow the inaugural meeting that Obama held last year in Singapore with his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).