"Steps [leaders]'ve already agreed including respecting international law, not militarizing disputed areas and not occupying uninhabited islands, reefs and shoals....

  "Several leaders remained seriously concerned over recent developments in the South China Sea," said the draft of a statement.

"The tone of the meeting was quite friendly and emphasized peace and security within the region."

  Japan also agreed to provide two large patrol ships and lend up to five used surveillance aircraft to the Philippines

 

  Rodrigo Duterte "expressed his deep regard and affinity for President Obama and for the enduring partnership" between Philippines and U.S...

  Duterte has poured scorn previously on critics, usually larded with curses.

  Meeting with Obama in Laos canceled after Duterte outburst

  From 1964 to 1973, U.S. warplanes dropped more than 270 million cluster munitions on Laos, one-third of which...

  Obama said he had asked his team to find out if "constructive, productive conversations" were possible.

  South China Sea, economic integration, Zika top summit agenda

 

53 percent of the U.S. companies thought ASEAN has become more important in terms of worldwide revenue in the...

  ASEAN is now facing the prospect of being unable to issue a statement after a meeting for only the second...

  "Cambodia is unbelievable," one diplomat said. "It is blocking any phrase about the arbitration and about militarization."