New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): The United States on Thursday reiterated its dedication to a free and open Indo-Pacific as leaders gathered in Manila for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, underscoring Washington’s give attention to strengthening its partnership with Southeast Asian nations.
In a submit on X, the US Embassy in India stated the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) share a standard imaginative and prescient for an Indo-Pacific that advances ‘security, safety, and prosperity’ throughout the area.
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‘The United States and @ASEAN share a standard imaginative and prescient for a free and open Indo-Pacific – one which advances security, safety, and prosperity throughout our nations. As leaders meet for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ assembly in Manila this week, we stay targeted on our mutual priorities and on strengthening a partnership that may endure for generations to return,’ the embassy stated.
The embassy in its submit additionally highlighted remarks made by US President Donald Trump in the course of the thirteenth ASEAN-US Summit in October 2025, reaffirming Washington’s long-term dedication to Southeast Asia.
‘The United States is dedicated to a free, open, and thriving Indo-Pacific. My message to the nations of Southeast Asia is that the United States is with you 100 per cent and we intend to be a powerful accomplice and good friend for a lot of generations to return,’ Trump stated at the moment.
Earlier, India on Wednesday joined its Quad companions in advocating for peace and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific whereas reiterating ‘unwavering help’ for ‘ASEAN unity and centrality’ amid rising Chinese army muscle-flexing within the South China Sea.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi convened for the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila, following their earlier interplay in New Delhi in late May.
In a joint assertion issued after the deliberations, the Quad reiterated its dedication to reinforcing a free and open Indo-Pacific, highlighting ASEAN’s important function in regional governance.
‘We are deeply invested within the area’s success and in cooperating with ASEAN and its member states,’ the overseas ministers acknowledged.
The ministers evaluated regional challenges and explored avenues to bolster sensible implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), specializing in maritime and transnational safety, financial prosperity and safety, important and rising applied sciences, together with humanitarian help and emergency response.
‘We are united in our conviction that peace and stability within the Indo-Pacific maritime area underpin the safety and prosperity of the area,’ the joint assertion famous.
The 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and associated ministerial classes are to run for 5 days from 20 to 24 July 2026 in Manila, Philippines. (ANI)