Chinese Premier Li Qiang, center, shakes hands with East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, right, as Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, left, and Myanmar's Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, bottom, walk past by, during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, delivers his opening remarks as Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., front left, listens during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From left, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, Indonesia's Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, and East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hold hands for a group photo session during the 25th ASEAN - South Korea Summit to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Relation in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrives to participate in ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

South Korean President Yoon, left, shakes hands with Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra at the 25th ASEAN - South Korea Summit to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Relation in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., center in the background, listens as Chinese Premier Li Qiang, bottom right, delivers his opening remarks during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From left, Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone applaud after a group photo session during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 25th ASEAN - South Korea Summit to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Relation in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Leaders attend the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives to participate in ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers his opening remarks during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From left, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, Indonesia's Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, and East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hold hands for a group photo session during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, arrives to attend the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-South Korea Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From left, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah hold hands for a photo session during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives to participate in ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives to participate in ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol attends the 25th ASEAN - South Korea Summit to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Relation in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

From left, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone hold hands for a group photo session during the 25th ASEAN - South Korea Summit to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Relation in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)