Leaders participating in a series of meetings involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) this weekend are planning to raise the South China Sea dispute, although the topic was avoided at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, which ended Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama and other leaders are expected to discuss the issue in Kuala Lumpur, Obama's main Asia policy adviser Daniel Kritenbrink said Thursday in Manila.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to join Obama and others in raising the dispute.