Clinton arrives in Bali for security talks

July 21, 2011 18:14

After her three-day visit to India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived on the Indonesian resort island of Bali today to attend Asian security talks and lay the groundwork for President Barack Obama's visit in November.
Clinton will meet her counterparts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the wider East Asia Summit tomorrow.
On Saturday, she will take part in the ASEAN Regional Forum security dialogue which includes foreign ministers from ASEAN as well as China, Japan, the Koreas, Russia and Australia.
Issues such as territorial disputes in the South China Sea, North Korea's nuclear programme, the Thai-Cambodia border dispute and human rights in Myanmar are expected to be discussed in the course of the meetings.

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