{"id":1974843,"date":"2023-07-17T04:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-calls-for-freedom-of-asean-countries-to-choose-their-alliances\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T04:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:49:47","slug":"us-calls-for-freedom-of-asean-countries-to-choose-their-alliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-calls-for-freedom-of-asean-countries-to-choose-their-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"US urges ASEAN countries to have freedom in choosing their alliances."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-calls-for-freedom-of-asean-countries-to-choose-their-alliances%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>U.S. \u2063Secretary\u2062 of\u200c State Emphasizes Freedom \u200cof ASEAN<\/h2>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>U.S.\u2064 Secretary\u2064 of State \u2064Antony\u200b Blinken\u2062 emphasized\u2064 Friday \u2064the \u200bimportance \u200bof ensuring\u2063 the\u2064 freedom of the Association of Southeast \u200cAsian \u200cNations\u200b (ASEAN) \u2064to choose \u2064and forge \u2062alliances \u2062without\u2062 facing \u200dcoercion.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to \u2062reporters \u200cfollowing the\u200d ASEAN \u200dforeign\u2063 ministers\u2019 \u200dmeeting in\u200d Indonesia,\u200c Blinken <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-36\/\">said the<\/a> \u200dUnited\u2064 States and \u200bthe\u2062 10-member bloc have\u2064 embarked \u200don\u200c \u201ca new\u200b era\u201d in\u200d their \u2064relations\u2063 that\u200d are \u2062defined by increased \u2063collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. diplomat \u200dreaffirmed\u200c Washington\u2019s \u200dcommitment \u200dto realizing\u2062 a \u200bfree \u200cand \u2063open Indo-Pacific, \u2063where \u2064countries \u200care able to\u2064 choose their own \u200dpath\u200b and partners\u200b \u201cfree\u200d from \u2064the use of \u200cforce, \u200dcoercion, \u200dor \u2062aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2062 means a\u2062 region\u2063 where \u2063countries are free \u200bto \u2062choose their\u200b own \u200bpath and their own partners; where\u200c problems\u2063 are dealt\u2063 with\u200d openly; where rules are\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-wavers-in-rejecting-security-talks-with-us\/\" title=\"China hesitates to decline security talks with US.\">reached transparently<\/a> \u2062and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wild-attack-braun-questions-why-dni-identified-abortion-related-violent-extremists-as-principal-threat-but-not-blm-and-antifa\/\" title=\"\u2018Wild Attack\u2019: Braun Questions Why DNI Identified \u2018Abortion Related Violent Extremists\u2019 As Principal Threat, But Not BLM And Antifa\">applied fairly<\/a>; where goods, where ideas, \u200cwhere \u200dpeople flow\u200c lawfully \u200dand freely,\u201d he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u200d said the\u2063 United \u200cStates would\u2064 back \u200bASEAN\u2019s negotiation \u2064of a\u200d code \u200bof \u200bconduct to tackle territorial and maritime \u2064disputes\u200b in \u2064the South \u200bChina Sea, a critical throughway \u2062for global commerce\u200c and\u200b connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>He \u2062also urged maintaining peace\u200b in the Taiwan\u200d Strait\u2014where\u2063 cross-strait \u2062tensions\u2064 have risen \u200cbetween China\u2062 and \u200cself-ruling Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike\u2062 many\u2063 countries\u2064 in the\u200c region,\u2063 we\u2019re concerned\u2063 by \u200bthe \u200bPRC\u2019s\u2064 increasing \u200cassertiveness \u200din \u2062the\u2063 South \u200dand\u200d East\u200b China \u2062Seas and in the Taiwan Strait,\u201d \u2064he said,\u200b referring to\u200c China\u2019s\u200c official\u2064 name: \u2064the \u200cPeople\u2019s \u2063Republic\u2064 of China.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United\u200c States \u200calso \u2062seeks\u2062 to \u2063maintain \u2064peace and \u2064stability in the\u2062 Taiwan Strait,\u200b which\u2064 is \u2064in the\u200b interest\u2064 of all\u2063 nations,\u201d\u200b Blinken\u200d stated. \u2063\u201cWe continue\u2062 to oppose \u2062unilateral\u2062 changes to\u2062 the \u200dstatus\u2064 quo by either\u200d side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2063 pledged \u200cto strengthen communication channels with Beijing \u200bto make clear of\u2063 its\u2062 positions\u200c on regional issues while\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-calls-for-freedom-of-asean-countries-to-choose-their-alliances\/\" title=\"US urges ASEAN countries to have freedom in choosing their alliances.\">exploring \u2064potential\u2064 areas<\/a> of \u2064cooperation between\u2062 the two\u2062 major powers.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u200b also \u2064highlighted\u2064 North \u2062Korea\u2019s \u2064unlawful weapons \u200cof mass destruction and \u2062ballistic\u200c missile\u200b programs, and \u2064urged \u2064Burma\u2019s military to\u2064 cease \u2064violence \u2062and \u2062implement \u2064ASEAN\u2019s Five-Point\u200d Consensus.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  <figure\u2062 id=\"attachment_5341547\" style=\"width: 600px\"\u2064 class=\"wp-caption\u200d alignnone\">\n\u2063  \u200b \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/19\/id5341547-GettyImages-1258804807-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u200b    \u200d \u2062\u2064<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2062   <\/a><br \/>\n \u200d\u200d \u200c  U.S. Secretary\u2062 of \u2063State\u200c Antony \u2064Blinken\u2064 (L) shakes hands with \u200cChina\u2019s \u200dDirector \u2062of\u2062 the Office\u2062 of the\u200c Central\u200c Foreign Affairs \u2064Commission Wang Yi\u200b at the Diaoyutai\u200d State\u200d Guesthouse in \u200dBeijing on\u2062 June \u200c19,\u2064 2023. (Leah\u200b Millis\/POOL\/AFP via \u200dGetty\u200b Images)<br \/>\n \u2064 <\/figure>\n<p>\u2062  \u2063<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Candid\u2019 Talks\u200d With\u200d Wang \u2063Yi<\/h2>\n<p>Blinken met\u2062 with\u200d top \u2062Chinese diplomat \u2064Wang\u200c Yi \u2063on \u200cthe sidelines of the\u2064 ASEAN\u200d meeting on July \u206313 \u200dand \u2064had \u201ccandid\u200d and \u2063constructive\u201d\u200b talks \u200don\u2062 a \u200drange \u2063of bilateral and global \u2064issues, according\u200c to the \u200bState Department.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Department spokesman Matthew Miller said\u2064 the\u200d meeting\u200c was part\u2062 of \u2062the Biden administration\u2019s ongoing efforts\u200b \u201cto maintain open\u2064 channels \u200dof\u2064 communication to\u2064 clarify\u2063 U.S.\u2063 interests\u2063 across a \u2064wide\u2062 range \u2062of \u2062issues\u200d and\u2062 to \u2064responsibly manage \u200cdifferences.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need to protect ASEAN&#8217;s freedom to form alliances without coercion. He highlighted this during a press conference after the ASEAN foreign ministers&#8217; meeting in Indonesia. Blinken stated that the U.S. and the 10-member bloc are entering a new phase of cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":1974844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}