आसियान बैठक से नदारद रहे दक्षिण पूर्वी एशियाई देशों के शीर्ष नेता : अमेरिका

बैंकाक में आसियान शिखर सम्मेलन के सप्ताहांत में अमेरिका के राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार रॉबर्ट ओ'ब्रायन ने अपने संबोधन में कहा कि हर बार कि तुलना में आसियान बैठक में काफी कम सदस्य शामिल हुए.

आसियान शिखर सम्मेलन के प्रतिनिधि

Published : Nov 4, 2019, 6:37 PM IST

बैंकाक : अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप की बैंकाक में आसियान बैठक में अनुपस्थिति का नतीजा रहा कि दक्षिण पूर्वी एशियाई देशों के कई नेता सोमवार को अमेरिकी अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक में मौजूद नहीं रहे.

दक्षिण पूर्वी एशियाई राष्ट्रों के संगठन (आसियान) के 10 सदस्यीय संघ से केवल तीन राष्ट्राध्यक्ष और कुछ विदेश मंत्री ही बैठक में आए.

आसियान शिखर सम्मेलन के सप्ताहांत समारोह में अमेरिकी वाणिज्य मंत्री विल्बर रॉस और राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार रॉबर्ट ओ'ब्रायन शामिल हुए.

ओ'ब्रायन ने अपने संबोधन के दौरान कहा कि आसियान की पिछली बैठकों में अधिकतर राष्ट्राध्यक्षों ने शिरकत की थी. इसके उलट इस बैठक में काफी कम प्रतिनिधियों ने हिस्सा लिया.

बैंकाक में एक राजनयिक ने कहा कि जब अमेरिकी प्रतिनिधित्व बराबरी के स्तर पर नहीं है तो आसियान के लिए नेताओं को भेजना भी उचित नहीं.

पढ़ें - आरसीईपीः सबकी निगाहें भारत पर टिकीं

वहीं एक अन्य राजनयिक ने कहा कि यह सम्मेलन का बहिष्कार नहीं है. दरअसल अन्य नेताओं को दूसरी बैठकों में शामिल होना था, इस वजह से वो इस बैठक में सम्मिलित नहीं हो पाए.

ट्रंप की गैरमौजूदगी में उनकी तरफ से ओ'ब्रायन ने अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति का एक पत्र पढ़ा, जिसमें आसियान नेताओं को अगले साल की शुरुआत में विशेष बैठक के लिए अमेरिका आने का आमंत्रण दिया गया.

बैठक में थाईलैंड के प्रधानमंत्री के साथ लाओस और वियतनाम के नेता भी शामिल थे.

पढ़ें - आरसीईपीः सबकी निगाहें भारत पर टिकीं

बैठक में थाईलैंड के प्रधानमंत्री के साथ लाओस और वियतनाम के नेता भी शामिल थे.

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SEAsia leaders snub US meeting after Trump skips ASEAN summit
Bangkok, Nov 4 (AFP) Several Southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials on Monday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend a regional summit in Bangkok.
Just three leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) showed up to the session, along with a host of foreign ministers.
Trump has been accused of turning his back on Asian allies for pulling out of a major trade pact, as fellow superpower China pursues its own deals and investment projects in the region.
Washington did not send top officials to the weekend ASEAN summit, instead dispatching commerce secretary Wilbur Ross and national security advisor Robert O'Brien.
Monday's sparsely attended address from O'Brien stood in contrast to earlier ASEAN meetings, which had all been attended by most heads of state.
"It's not appropriate for ASEAN to send leaders when the US representation is not on parity," one diplomat in Bangkok told AFP.
Another diplomat said: "It's not a boycott, it's just that other leaders have other meetings to attend to." In lieu of Trump's physical presence, O'Brien read a letter from the president inviting "the leaders of ASEAN to join me in the United States for a special summit" in the first three months of next year.
In attendance were the prime minister of Thailand, which is hosting the summit, along with the leaders of Laos and Vietnam, next year's ASEAN chair.
At other events during the summit, members have rallied against protectionism amid fears of dragging global growth made worse by the US-China trade war.
Trump, who attended the 2017 ASEAN meeting in Singapore -- Vice President Mike Pence went to the one in Manila last year -- could not come this year because he was busy with campaign events back home, a senior White House official said.
China's premier and the leaders of India, South Korea and Japan all made an appearance over the weekend, although none of them were expected at Monday's US-ASEAN meeting.
One of Trump's first moves after assuming office was to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade pact that was billed to be the world's biggest before Washington pulled the plug.
The US withdrawal "was a very strong symbolic act and the trend is continuing," said analyst Alex Holmes from Capital Economics.
"It's allowing China to advance its influence in the region", he told AFP.
The TPP has since been reborn as a watered-down version without the US, eclipsed by a China-backed agreement that is slated to be the world's biggest when finalised.
The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -- which could be signed next year -- includes 30 percent of global GDP and loops in half of the world's population.
It includes all 10 ASEAN states plus China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand -- notably excluding the US.
The deal has gained new momentum as the US-China trade war rumbles on, with the IMF warning that global growth could slow to its lowest rate in 10 years thanks to the tit-for-tat-trade spat between the world's two biggest economies.
RCEP negotiators on Monday were hammering out final details of the deal, with the aim to sign it in February 2020 according to a draft seen by AFP. An official announcement was expected later Monday.
The 11th-hour talks were being held as the ASEAN bloc and its allies espoused open trade in the region.
"We are once again faced with the high winds of trade protectionism," South Korean leader Moon Jae-in said Monday.
"We need to protect the free-trade order... and bring the global economy back on track." In a brief departure from global trade woes, Moon met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday for their first talks in a year amid tensions over a dispute related to Japan's use of forced labour during World War II.
Ongoing troubles in the South China Sea also dominated the ASEAN summit, with Vietnam hoping for tough language against Beijing over its aggression in the resource-rich waterway.
China is accused of building up military installations in the sea, which it claims most of, and in recent weeks sent a survey to Hanoi-claimed waters. (AFP)
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