Remarks By President Biden at the U.S.-ASEAN Special SummitMAY 13, 2022
State Department
Washington, D.C.
4:16 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you. (Applause.) My whole name. Thank you all very much. Good afternoon, everyone. I said last night — let me reiterate: It’s been wonderful, wonderful to host you all in the first-ever U.S-ASEAN Summit in Washington, D.C.
And besides, Mr. President, the food wasn’t bad. It was pretty good. We haven’t had — been ha- — been able to have, essentially, state dinners in a long time because of COVID. But thank you all for being there.
We’re not only celebrating 45 years of partnership and friendship between ASEAN and the United States, we’re launching a new era — a new era in U.S.-ASEAN relations.
Let me thank Prime Minister Hun Sen and — for the 22 — as the 2022 ASEAN Chair.
And President Widodo, I want to thank you as well — the Country Coordinator for ASEAN and U.S. Dialogue Relations — and — and for all the hard work to make this summit, I believe — I hope you believe — a success.