(21 Nov 2024)
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Vientiane, Laos – 21 November 2024
1. Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin sitting down next to Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
2. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin shaking hands with Singh
3. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun speaking to counterpart
4. Various of ASEAN defense ministers and special guests at dinner
5. Zoom into Laos Defense Minister General Chansamone Chanyalath speaking on stage
6. Close of Chanyalath before toast
7. Various of ASEAN defense ministers and special guests toasting Chanyalath
STORYLINE:
ASEAN defense ministers and other guests shared a toast during a gala dinner on Thursday, the final day of meetings in Vientiane, Laos.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin were among those invited to the event.
Other nations attending the ASEAN meeting from outside Southeast Asia include Japan, South Korea, India, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.
The dinner draws the Vientiane summit to a close after Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks.
The closed-door talks put Austin and Dong in the same room a day after Dong refused a request to meet with Austin one-on-one on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers Meetings.
The U.S. and China have been working to improve frayed military-to-military communications and Austin said he regretted Dong’s decision, calling it “a setback for the whole region.”
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