East Asia Summit Ends Without Joint Statement Following Disagreement Between US and Russia

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (C) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers meeting during the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 5, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AFP via Getty Images

The East Asia Summit in Cambodia concluded without a joint statement on Sunday, as Russia and the United States were unable to agree on the language of the statement, Bloomberg reported.

The summit, held concurrently with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia, gathered leaders from ASEAN and the United States, China, Russia, India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and New Zealand.