(1) Biden has reportedly indefinitely postponed a “historic” summit with leaders from across Southeast Asia (ASEAN) scheduled for next week - Biden will instead meet on Tuesday with Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong to discuss US interests in the region & the Ukraine crisis
(2) "conflicting schedules" was cited as a reason.... sadly it seems that the White House was not able to convince ASEAN leaders to make it a priority to agree to it after the White House released a statement on 28/2 saying it was “proud to announce” that the “historic” ASEAN
(3) summit would take place on March 28 and 29

(thanks to @kingd0m2k for scoop)

politico.com/news/2022/03/2…
(4) Let's see if this is a sign of things to come....

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