WASHINGTON: Thailand has once more been excluded from US President Joe Biden’s second “Summit for Democracy”, where he is expected to pledge $700 million in funds and a joint alliance against surveillance technology as US concern mounts over China and Russia.
Hoping to show a more global front after his US-focused inaugural summit in 2021, Biden will co-lead the mostly virtual meeting on Wednesday with the president of South Korea — who also agreed to host the next summit — as well as the leaders of Zambia, Costa Rica and The Netherlands.
