(24 Sep 2010)
1. Wide of Barack Obama ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) photo op
2. Pan of ASEAN leaders (Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Lao President Choummaly Sayasone, Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet)
3. Wide of photo op and pan of ASEAN leaders (Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva)
4. Wide of leaders
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We will also focus on deepening our political and security cooperation. ASEAN countries are increasingly playing a leadership role in the region and ASEAN itself has the potential to be a very positive force in global affairs. That is why the United States has accepted ASEAN's invitation to join the East Asia Summit, which will help us meet regional and global challenges together and I look forward to attending the East Asia Summit in Jakarta next year."
6. Wide of ASEAN leaders
7. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Nguyen Minh Triet, Vietnam President:
"The relationship between ASEAN and the US plays a very important role in the security, peace and development of the region. Vietnam and ASEAN always support the deepening of relations between ASEAN and the US bi-laterally and multi-nationally and we want to take our relations to the next level, towards greater comprehensiveness and more substance for the peace, stability and development of our region."
8. Wide of Luncheon
STORYLINE:
US President Barack Obama and Southeast Asian leaders met Friday to discuss territorial disputes with China and a fast-growing trade relationship, with Obama pledging to take a strong role in regional affairs.
The meeting took place at a time of friction between China, the other superpower in the region, and its neighbours.
They are bickering over territory in surrounding seas.
Obama and leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations were expected to call for the peaceful settlement of such disputes and to urge claimants not to resort to force.
In the East China Sea, tensions between China and Japan were eased after Japan released a Chinese fishing boat captain involved in a collision near disputed islands.
Southeast Asian leaders have welcomed Washington's presence in the region.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet said that US-ASEAN ties are crucial to "the security, peace and development in the region."
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