U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This gathering, which included leaders from ten countries, was held to discuss various important issues,

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Beijing's "increasingly dangerous" actions in the South China Sea as he met leaders of the ASEAN bloc in Laos on Friday."We remain concerned about China's increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions on the South and East China Seas,