ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift | World News, The Indian Express

ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Bangkok |Published: June 25, 2019 12:59:06 pm

ASEAN leaders call for restraint amid sea row, US-China rift

Southeast Asian leaders have pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea after a new incident and renewed their alarm over the US-China trade war with one warning it may spiral out of control

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (from left to right) Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the ASEAN leaders summit in Bangkok, Thailand. (Source: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the US-China trade war, with one leader warning it may spiral out of control.