Brunei is "disappointed" over US President Barack Obama's decision to cancel an Asia trip that would have included a summit next week in the sultanate, a foreign ministry official said Friday.

The White House said late Thursday that Obama had shelved a trip that also was to include attendance at a larger Asia-Pacific summit in Indonesia, blaming the crisis back home over the US government shutdown.

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