French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged Europe and Asia to build a new alliance to hold off big powers seeking to build "spheres of coercion", in a swipe at China and Russia.
Macron was speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia's major annual defence and security conference, as Russia defies diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire in Ukraine and capitals fret about Beijing's growing assertiveness on Taiwan and the South China Sea.
