The leaders of seven of the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) came to the summit with the United States, which the Commissioner of the US capital read the invitation of President Donald trump to visit him in America for a " special summit ". the meeting was attended by only three members of delegation: Prime Ministers of Thailand (presiding this year in ASEAN), Vietnam and Laos. The rest of the country bloc - Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines - were represented by Ministers of foreign Affairs. Trump arrived at the summit of ASEAN leaders and the East Asia summit, held November 2-4 in the capital of Thailand, and not sent to Bangkok or Vice-President or the Secretary of state. In the form of the head of the U.S. delegation came to the US presidential Advisor for national security Robert O " Brien. According to regional observers, it is atypical for the United States, the decrease in the level of representation at meetings of ASEAN. however, in the neighboring ASEAN hall of the sports and exhibition complex IMPACT on the Northern outskirts of Bangkok is an Indo-Pacific business forum, organized by Washington in conjunction with the business Council US - ASEAN and us chamber of Commerce. The head of the U.S. delegation by the head of the Department of Commerce Wilbur Ross, who said at the opening that among one thousand presumably the participants of the event - 19 U.S. ambassadors to countries in the region and eight heads of departments of the US administration. <span style="color:darkgray