U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at a ASEAN Ministerial meeting in New York, New York on September 27, 2012. A text transcript can be found at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/09/198343.htm.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks at the inaugural launch of the Brunei-U.S. English Language Enrichment Project for ASEAN in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. September 7, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with senior Indonesian officials, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa, to discuss the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, September 3-4. Secretary Clinton also held a bilateral meeting with ASEAN Secretary General Surin to emphasize the United States’ commitment to building an enduring, multi-faceted relationship between ASEAN and the United States.

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Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Jakarta, Indonesia
September 4, 2012

SECRETARY CLINTON: …In short, we are making a sustained, all-out effort to build an enduring, multi-faceted relationship between ASEAN and the United States. We want to do all we can to advance ASEAN’s goal of integration, because we have an interest in strengthening ASEAN’s ability to address regional challenges in an effective, comprehensive way.

And we really invite and need ASEAN to lead in crafting strong, regional responses to challenges like climate change and trans-national crime, which require collective actions. And we need ASEAN to lead in upholding a system of rules and responsibilities that will protect regional stability and guide the region to greater political and economic progress.

So, Dr. Surin, it is a great honor for me now to have returned for a second visit to conduct, if you will, a progress report among partners and friends, and to state once again what I have said in other contexts. The United States believes in ASEAN centrality, and ASEAN centrality is essential to ASEAN unity. So I am looking forward to our exchange today and the dialogue among us, looking forward to continuing to work on behalf of the U.S.-ASEAN relationship. MORE

Fact Sheet
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
September 3, 2012

Since Secretary Clinton visited Indonesia in 2009 on her first international trip as Secretary of State, and two years after the launch of the Comprehensive Partnership, United States-Indonesia relations have never been stronger. President Obama’s and President Yudhoyono’s commitment to elevate bilateral relations by intensifying consultations and developing habits of cooperation laid the foundation for a strategically vital partnership between the world’s second and third largest democracies. The U.S. Secretary of State and the Indonesian Foreign Minister co-chair a Joint Commission to ensure continued momentum to sustain the partnership. MORE

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to the Cook Islands, Indonesia, China, Timor-Leste, Brunei, and Russia, August 30-September 9.

In the Cook Islands on August 31, Secretary Clinton will attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Post Forum Dialogue as part of our intensive engagement and ongoing collaboration with the Pacific Islands. Her visit will emphasize the depth and breadth of American engagement across economic, people to people, strategic, environmental, and security interests. The visit also represents a concerted effort to strengthen regional multilateral institutions, develop bilateral partnerships, and build on… more »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends the ASEAN Gala Dinner in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 12, 2012. [State Department photo by William Ng/ Public Domain]

About the Author: Victor Duncan serves as an intern in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy. He is a graduate student who served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Carl Vinson.

On July 13, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Siem Reap, Cambodia, to meet with 200 senior government officials and business leaders from the United States and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries at the “Commitment to Connectivity: The U.S.-ASEAN Business Forum” conference. The event was hosted by the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The conference brought together public and private sector leaders to address opportunities and challenges that will shape the direction of U.S.-ASEAN economic cooperation. The conference is part of the State Department’s ongoing commitment toEconomic Statecraft and supporting U.S. businesses abroad.

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On July 11, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Secretary Clinton participated in regional conferences, to both chair and attend ministerial events and to participate in bilateral meetings with Cambodian officials. Regional conferences included the ASEAN Regional Forum, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting, and the U.S.-ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference. Secretary Clinton co-chaired the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial as well as chaired the Friends of the… more »

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton comments on ASEAN and U.S.-China relations at the top of a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on July 12, 2012. A text transcript can be found at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/07/194889.htm.