United States President Donald Trump has stressed the importance of US ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a summit with their leaders in Malaysia.

Malaysian premier hosting 4th ASEAN summit, with participation of presidents from US, South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, among others - Anadolu Ajansı

We trust, we will achieve a just and durable peace' under leadership of US president, says bloc's chair Malaysian Premier Anwar Ibrahim.

Southeast Asian countries are promoting the use of local currencies in trade to reduce their reliance on the US dollar and mitigate risks from American sanctions. However, online claims that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had announced it will stop settling their trade in the dollar are false;

We trust, we will achieve a just and durable peace' under leadership of US president, says bloc's chair Malaysian Premier Anwar Ibrahim - Anadolu Ajansı

Editorial commends members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations who are questioning whether Burma should assume rotating chairmanship of organization next year in view of fact that generals who rule country have brazenly ignored election results, put winner under house arrest and plundered their unfortunate land; says some Asean nations sense that Burmese junta is a blot on region

East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Kuala Lumpur on October 26, when his nation formally became the bloc's 11th member

Temasek Holdings Pte Chief Executive Officer Dilhan Pillay called for Southeast Asian nations to adopt better enforcement of investor rights to attract global investments into the region.