Trump attends ASEAN summit in Malaysia, his 1st since 2017

By Yasin Gungor

ISTANBUL (AA) - US President Donald Trump attended the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpuron Sunday, his first since the 2017 meeting in Philippines.

Trump joined host Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, and other regional leaders for a family photo at the summit.

The gathering represents the 13th summit between the US and ASEAN. Former President Joe Biden last attended such a summit in person in 2022 in Indonesia.

ASEAN was founded in Bangkok on Aug. 8, 1967, and includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Leaders welcomed Timor-Leste as ASEAN's 11th member, marking the bloc's first expansion in 26 years.

Trump is on a three-country Asia tour. After Malaysia, he will travel to Japan to meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and then move to South Korea where he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.