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Asean, EU to hold first full summit amid security fears

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong look on as they attend an EU-Asean leaders meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct 19, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

BRUSSELS: The European Union and Southeast Asian nations will hold their first full summit in December, a sign that the two blocs are looking for closer ties amid concerns over security threats from China and Russia, officials said on Friday.

The summit, to be held in Brussels on Dec 14 but yet to be publicly announced, is seen as a sign of "increasingly close relations in the current geopolitical context", one EU official said.

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