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HANOI: The United States President Donald Trump skipped the ASEAN's virtual summit for third time in a row on Saturday.
According to National security adviser Robert O'Brien, Donald Trump regretted he was unable to attend the online summit with the 10-members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations but stressed the importance of ties with the region.
At the opening ceremony, which was livestreamed to ASEAN members watching from their respective countries, O'Brien said "At this time of global crisis, the US-ASEAN strategic partnership has become even more important as we work together to combat the coronavirus."
It is pertinent to mention here that, Trump participated the ASEAN summit in 2017, but sent only representatives during the last two sessions and a special summit with ASEAN that he was supposed to host in Las Vegas in March was called off on account of coronavirus pandemic.
Currently, Trump is busy with challenging the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden, insisting he was the victim of election rigging while most countries have acknowledged the victory of Joe Biden. (04)
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