US sounds out ASEAN top diplomats for meeting on Myanmar

Biden administration signals focus on region in shift from Trump

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Demonstrators protest against the military coup, holding pictures of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon on Feb. 22. © Reuters

TAKASHI NAKANO, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been working to set up a foreign ministers' meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to signal its diplomatic focus on the region and address the situation in Myanmar.

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