Pence: Trump to attend 3 Asian summits

US President Donald Trump will attend three summits in Asia in November, Vice-President Mike Pence said in Jakarta during a visit to the headquarters of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Thursday.
Pence said in a statement after meeting the secretary-general of ASEAN that Trump would attend the US-ASEAN summit and the East Asia summit in the Philippines, as well as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam.
He said the Trump administration would work with ASEAN on security, trade and other issues.
At the White House on Thursday, President Donald Trump praised Chinese efforts to rein in "the menace of North Korea" on Thursday, after North Korean state media warned the United States of a "super-mighty preemptive strike".
(China Daily USA?04/21/2017 page2)
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