ASEAN ministers call for restraint as furious China prepares for live-fire drills around Taiwan

PHNOM PENH, 04 August 2022, (TON): Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint as China readied massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into open conflicts.

A furious Beijing is planning its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island.

Ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Phnom Penh warned against “provocative action.”

the ministers said “the situation could lead to miscalculation, serious confrontation, open conflicts and unpredictable consequences among major powers.”

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