Dhaka, May 28 -- Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Southeast Asian leaders are holding their first ever summit with China and the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as they seek to insulate their trade-dependent economies from the effect of steep tariffs from the United States.
The meeting, in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, takes place on Tuesday, on the second day of the annual summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Malaysia is the current chair of ASEAN, which also includes Brunei, Cambodia,...