US cannot disengage itself from Asia: PM Lee

Washington

THE United States cannot disengage itself from Asia, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, as it has a key role in ensuring the region's peace and stability.

He added that how America responds to the changing strategic landscape will affect the global balance of power and international order. "The Chinese are influential, growing more so, and need to be accommodated in a stable and constructive way into the regional and global system," he said.

He was speaking at a dialogue at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday, where he spoke about Singapore's hopes for the new administrati…