VIENTIANE: America’s top diplomat John Kerry arrived Monday in Laos for a summit dominated by bickering between Southeast Asian nations over Beijing’s militarization of the South China Sea and risking tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

He was expected to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi later in the day.

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