US Vice President Kamala Harris says right now Washington is focusing on evacuating Americans and vulnerable Afghans from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
US Vice President Kamala Harris attends a meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on August 23, 2021.
"There is going to be plenty of time to analyse what has happened and what has taken place in the context of the withdrawal from Afghanistan," Harris said during a joint news conference with Singapore's prime minister. "We hope Afghanistan does not become an epicentre for terrorism again," said Lee, adding that Singapore had offered transport aircraft to help with evacuations.
Singapore's Lee said that perceptions of US resolve and commitment to the region would be determined by "what the US does going forward, how it repositions itself in the region, how it engages its broad range of friends and partners and allies..." The disputed South China Sea, a strategic waterway with potential oil and gas riches, has competing claim s by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.Security, cyber agreements
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