ASEAN Summit: US says region should be free to choose partners

https://www.dw.com/en/asean-summit-us-says-region-should-be-free-to-choose-partners/a-66237128?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#ASEANSummit #AntonyBlinken

There's the optics of the #phnompenh #rivers cleanup for the #ASEANsummit, then there is the visceral reality...A daily estimated release of 200 kg of #plasticswaste released into #Mekong, Tonlé Sap, and Bassac (42% of the city's #plasticpollution) during the #Monsoons. The summation of unrestrained/non-sustainable #economicdevelopment w/an under developed, under funded #wastemanagement scheme. It's not just cosmetic anymore.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501181467/in-pictures-phnom-penh-river-cleanup-for-asean-summit/
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2198/meta

#Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen tests positive for #COVID19 at #G20Indonesia just days after hosting world leaders at #ASEANSummit.

RT @MyanmarWitness@twitter.com

Following the first sighting of a Russian-made Su-30 on the tarmac in Myanmar by investigators at Myanmar Witness, the import and use of Russian jets has been confirmed by the spokesman for the Military Council.

Source: BBC Burma
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar #ASEANSummit https://twitter.com/MyanmarWitness/status/1588528006917607424 https://t.co/h3pFMHdfwJ

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MyanmarWitness/status/1589944446309007360