ASEAN concerned over regional volatility, risk of miscalculations over Taiwan

Reuters

04/08/2022

02:22 MYT

ASEAN concerned over regional volatility, risk of miscalculations over Taiwan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses for a group photo with ASEAN Foreign Ministers during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asia's regional bloc ASEAN warned on Thursday that an increase in international and regional volatility could lead to "miscalculation, serious confrontation, open conflicts and unpredictable consequences among major powers".

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations made the remarks in a statement from foreign ministers after the bloc's chair Cambodia had called on all sides to de-escalate tensions over Taiwan.