Vietnam's foreign ministry said ASEAN foreign ministers will hold an informal meeting with Myanmar's foreign minister on July 12 in Bangkok.

The PENTAGON is pressing Latin American governments to increase security spending to combat organized crime, saying at a biannual hemispheric defense ministers' meeting in Peru this week that defense budgets should be raised toward about 3.5% of GDP. Deputy Secretary Elbridge Colby said "increasing defense investment is essential" and specifically urged countries facing "narco-terrorism" to act.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said the U.S. will begin removing Syria from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.