(VOVWORLD) - ASEAN’s foreign ministers met with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Thursday to boost their relations with the new US administration.
 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. (Photo: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin)
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High on the agenda are issues relating to trade, East Sea territorial claims, human trafficking, and international crime.
The first US-ASEAN summit, which took place in February 2016, released a joint statement affirming fundamental cooperative principles: respect for freedom of maritime navigation, sustainable economic development, and an exchange of ideas for fighting terrorism, human trafficking, and climate change.