The drills will take place in September involving all 10 members of Asean and observer member Timor-Leste.
Southeast Asian nations have agreed to hold their first-ever joint military drills in the South China Sea, Indonesian officials said on Thursday , as tensions grow over China's increasing assertiveness in the region.
That would include junta-ruled Myanmar, where the military has overthrown a civilian leader and overseen a bloody crackdown on dissent that has resulted in wide-ranging US and EU sanctions. Chinese vessels have also occasionally intruded into the Indonesian-claimed waters of North Natuna where the drills will take place, prompting protests in Jakarta.
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