U.S. President Joe Biden told Asian leaders on Sunday that U.S. lines of communication with China would stay open to prevent conflict, as the first of three summits of world leaders this week came to a close.
Addressing the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, Biden said the United States would compete with China and speak out over its human rights record, but stressed the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait and ensuring freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
The Southeast Asia region is also hosting the Group of 20 Summit in Indonesia's Bali this week, ahead of which Bidenfor the first time since taking office, with relations between the two superpowers at their worst in decades. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is representing President Vladimir Putin at the summits and on Sunday accused the West ofto contain Chinese and Russian interest in a key geostrategic battleground.
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