International relationsBiden greets ASEAN leaders with $150m investment pledge
Summit to focus on trade, security as Ukraine war highlights bloc's disunity
U.S. President Joe Biden poses for photographs with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the White House on May 12. © Reuters
TSUBASA SURUGA and NANA SHIBATA, Nikkei staff writers
May 12, 2022 15:07 JST
Updated on May 13, 2022 10:42 JST
TOKYO -- Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathered in Washington on Thursday for a long-awaited summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration is keen to reassert itself in a region where China and Russia also have deep ties.