"All the countries in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, are friends with both China and the US.
We have close links with both countries and we want to maintain those links," said Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
But that consensus is over," Wong said Wednesday at the 10th Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore.
"This idea where you have to be either with China or the United States?
"We, as ASEAN, have a role to play in engaging both U.S. and China, and we appeal to them to reduce tensions."
Persons:
Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Lawrence Wong, Wong, Anwar Ibrahim, Anwar
Organizations:
SINGAPORE —, Milken, Milken Institute Asia Summit, Malaysia's, ASEAN
Locations:
Nusa Dua, Bali, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE — The U.S, China, Southeast Asia, Singapore, United States, Malaysia