Canada-ASEAN Strategic Partnership to Focus on Regional Security

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech at the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum LeaderÕs Talk during the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sept. 6, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

A key focus of Canada’s new strategic partnership with Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN revolves around promoting security in the region as countries cope with an assertive China.

Themes of cooperation in the new partnership were presented on Sept. 6 at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Indonesia, which was attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.