PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Joe Biden promised Saturday that the United States would work with a strategically vital coalition of southeast Asian nations, telling leaders that "we're going to build a better future that we all want to see" in the region where U.S. rival China is also working to expand its influence.
Citing the three Association of Southeast Asian Nations summits he's participated in as president, Biden said the 10-country bloc is "at the heart of my administration's Indo-Pacific strategy" and promised to collaborate to build a region that is "free and open, stable and prosperous, resilient and secure."
