US envoy: No Pax Silica announcement planned at Asean summit
MANILA, Philippines — US Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Lipton said on Saturday, Nov. 7, that Washington had never planned to announce the proposed Pax Silica Economic Security Zone during or after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Manila this month. “No such announcement on the Pax Silica Economic Security Zone was ever planned,” Lipton said in a statement. His clarification came after the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) earlier identified the signing of a framework agreement for the US-backed initiative as a possible major announcement during the Nov. 16 to 18 summit, which US President Donald […]...Keep on reading: US envoy: No Pax Silica announcement planned at Asean summit
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