Blinken all set for Southeast Asia visit

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 10, 2021 12:35 am

PENTAGON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Southeast Asia next week on a tour designed to show the region's importance for the US strategy of confronting China and to further address the 'worsening' crisis in military-ruled Myanmar.

Blinken will start off his round-the-world journey with a meeting with his Group of Seven colleagues on Friday through Sunday in Liverpool, England, his spokesman Ned Price said in a statement on Wednesday.

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