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Reuters
Reuters
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By Francesco Guarascio and John Chalmers

EU, Southeast Asia to hold first full summit amid security fears

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo

EU 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 told Reuters.

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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