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Beaten up by the global economic meltdown, the US has adopted the decision for calling upon the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations next month for discussing the issues.
This "would mark a historic point in ASEAN-US Dialogue Relations", the ASEAN said at the end of its 15th summit on Saturday.
"The (November) Summit is a reflection of the strong commitment of the US administration to deepen and expand its engagements with ASEAN," an ASEAN statement said.
The ASEAN, which brings together some of the best performing economies in Asia, already has China and India among others as its dialogue partners.
