00:00New friends, same worries.
00:06Your Excellency, going forward, I hope we can work in close coordination.
00:11Shigeru Ishiba has been the Prime Minister of Japan for a matter of weeks.
00:15He's already pitched the idea of a new Asian NATO, aimed at containing China's rise in the region.
00:21Anthony Albanese's not quite buying the idea.
00:25That hasn't been raised during these two days.
00:30What we have is our own security arrangements that are in place,
00:35not a matter of containment, it's a matter of making sure that the international rule of law applies.
00:43Tensions over the South China Sea have loomed over the ASEAN and East Asia summits.
00:48Anthony Albanese found himself right in the middle,
00:52seated between China and the Philippines, which have clashed repeatedly in the contested waters.
00:57People are mature in the way that they deal with things.
01:02We're strong supporters of freedom of navigation and freedom of flight.
01:06America's top diplomat, less constrained in his language.
01:10We remain concerned about China's increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions in the South and East China Seas,
01:15which have injured people and harmed vessels from ASEAN nations.
01:18All the leaders gathered here in Laos say they want to achieve stability,
01:22but have different ideas about how to achieve that.
01:24Japan's Prime Minister hopes a larger, stronger set of military alliances might send a message to China
01:30and encourage it to back off.
01:32But that idea is deeply unpopular with many in South East Asia.
01:36And even Anthony Albanese seems to be hoping a more cautious and patient approach might pay off.
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