8 March 2022
“Indeed, as your administration seeks to build a ‘Year of Action’ to turn commitments from the Summit for Democracy into concrete results that shore up democracies around the world – notably pushing back against the illusory appeal of authoritarianism, defending and promoting respect for human rights, and combating corruption – the US-ASEAN Summit provides an important opportunity to demonstrate in tangible ways that our aspirations carry with them real and demonstrable policy action.”
