US President Barack Obama arrives in Cambodia
Phnom Penh - US President Barack Obama arrived in the Cambodian capital Monday to join talks with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) and participate in the East Asia Summit.
The newly re-elected president was expected to meet Asean leaders in Phnom Penh Monday. After a gala dinner, he was set to take part in Tuesday's East Asia Summit, where territorial disputes surrounding the South China Sea were expected to be raised.
"Invariably - inevitably, the leaders will want to discuss the salient strategic and security issue facing the region, which is the issue stemming from the competing territorial claims in the SouthChina Sea," said Danny Russel, National Security Council senior director for Asia, in a press briefing by US officials last week.//DPA
