ASEAN: No US presence at key security forum
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ASEAN is putting a good face on the decision by US Secretary of State Condeleeza Rice not to attend a key Southeast Asian security forum. It is the second time she's failed to attend the meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, a 27-nation high-level security group which includes Russia, India, China, the European Union and China. Dr Rice's announcement that she wouldn't be attending the meeting next week comes a week after the White House said President George Bush would postpone talks with ASEAN leaders originally scheduled for September.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Professor Don Emmerson, director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford University in California
