KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue over coercion and cooperation over confrontation, as he opened the East Asia summit at a time of sharpening rivalry between the United States and China.

The East Asia summit is a regional forum between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its key regional partners — Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the United States — to discuss political, security and economic challenges.

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“Today we must renew our shared purpose, reassert our objectives, promote principles of forward-looking engagement,” Anwar said in his opening remarks. “We continue to advocate for dialogue over coercion...and cooperation over confrontation. We

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