WASHINGTON - US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt M. Campbell will travel to Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan on Tuesday on bilateral and regional issues, the State Department said on Monday.

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In Singapore on Thursday, Campbell will meet with senior officials and participate in meetings with government and think- tank leaders to discuss bilateral and regional issues.

While in Jakarta, he will participate in meetings on Friday with senior Indonesian and ASEAN officials to coordinate and prepare for the ASEAN Regional Forum and East Asia Summit.

Indonesia holds the chairmanship of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) this year, and the United States and Russia will join the annual East Asia Summit this year.

On Saturday, Campbell will attend meetings with Malaysian government officials, academics and business leaders in Kuala Lumpur.

In his final stop in Tokyo on Sunday, the senior US envoy will meet with senior Japanese officials to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues.

"His engagements in Southeast Asia and Japan underscore the United States' pursuit of a forward deployed diplomatic presence in the region," the State Department said.