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Article: ASEAN leaders call for continued U.S. military presence in the region
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- The Filipino Express
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- August 13, 1995
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Lupe R. Hernandez
Filipino Express, The
08-13-1995
ASEAN leaders call for continued U.S. military presence in the region.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei
ASEAN foreign ministers' talks, dominated by a worsening rift between China and the United States, ended August 3 with a call for a continued U.S. military presence in the booming region.
The ministers also condemned French plans to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific but another strategic worry, overlapping claims in the South China Sea, were eased by an apparent shift in China's stand on the disputed Spratly Islands during the week-long talks.
"[A] continued U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region is vital. The United States is part ...