Wahyu Dwi Anggoro
IDXChannel - United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris is set travel to Jakarta, Indonesia from September 4-7 to attend the US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit and engage with leaders from the Indo-Pacific.
"The Vice President and ASEAN leaders will review the unprecedented expansion in US-ASEAN relations under the Biden-Harris Administration and the Vice President will reaffirm the United States’ enduring commitment to Southeast Asia and ASEAN centrality," said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a media release on Tuesday (22/8/2023)
"Throughout these Summits and her additional engagements, the Vice President will advance initiatives to promote our shared prosperity and security, including by advancing our work on the climate crisis, maritime security, infrastructure, economic growth, efforts to uphold and strengthen international rules and norms in the region, and other regional and global challenges," the press secretary explained.
This is the Vice President’s third trip to Southeast Asia in the past two years, and builds on her August 2021 visit to Singapore and Vietnam and her November 2022 visit to Thailand and the Philippines.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden will travel to New Delhi, India, from September 7-10 to attend the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
President Biden and G20 partners will discuss a range of joint efforts to tackle global issues, including on the clean energy transition and combatting climate change, mitigating the economic and social impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, and increasing the capacity of multilateral development banks, including the World Bank, to better fight poverty, including by addressing global challenges.
