Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, left, speaks at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, 4th from left, shakes hands with Myanmar Foreign Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe before a group photo with ASEAN ministers and delegates during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, right walks with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters arrives for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with New Zealand at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, 6th from left, poses for group photos with ASEAN ministers and delegates during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo looks on near Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, arrives for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left looks towards Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, center arrives for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, attends the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, speaks at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
From left Thailand Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Myanmar Foreign Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan and other delegates try to hold hands for a photo during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, right chats with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo as they leave after the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
From left, Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, looks on as Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan walk together after a group photo before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures as he leaves after the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, center, attends the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, left, arrives for a group photo near Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, center, and Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
From left, Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo hold hands for a group photo at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with India at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, seventh from left, poses for a group photo with ASEAN ministers and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with South Korea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures as he leaves after the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, right greets Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, fifth from left, poses for a group photo with ASEAN ministers and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with South Korea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with the United Kingdom at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Russia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, center, arrives for the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with South Korea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul, seventh from left, poses for a group photo with ASEAN ministers and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with South Korea at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gestures as he leaves after the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reacts during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Russia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, center, arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, sixth from left, hold hands with ASEAN ministers and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Russia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa speaks during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, sixth from left, poses for photos with ASEAN ministers and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, fifth from left chats with Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet as they prepare for a group photo with other ASEAN officials and delegates before the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July, 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, right chats with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo as they leave after the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Japan at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reacts during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with Russia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)