The ASEAN-New Zealand summit meeting will kick off a series of ASEAN summits by which Jokowi’s partners will participate,
“I would really like to start out this meeting by congratulating Jacinda Ardern on her re-election as Prime Minister of New Zealand,” Jokowi said on Saturday.
“Today, ASEAN and New Zealand celebrate 45 years of their partnership. I want our partnership to be stronger on some key issues in the future.”
He said ASEAN countries must follow New Zealand’s example by strengthening relations with countries within the South Pacific region.
“This good relationship will strengthen our partnership in the South Pacific, especially in the areas of fisheries and climate change. ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific outlook is a springboard for us in developing our cooperation with the South Pacific,” he said. The President of Indonesia welcomes New Zealand’s decision to sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), strengthening multilateral cooperation within the region.
Based on a press release from the Presidential Secretariat, Jokowi will attend the second biennial ASEAN-Australia Summit, the twenty third ASEAN Plus Three Summit (APT), highlighting efforts to strengthen economic integration with Australia’s agreement to sign RCEP.
“I believe that RCEP will be a catalyst for economic recovery in the region and even the world,” Jokowi said.
He also encouraged greater stability and security within the region as a basis for economic recovery after the pandemic. The President also planned to attend other ASEAN-related summits within the afternoon, including the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit, the APT Leaders’ Meeting on the East Asia Business Council (EABC), the launch of the fifteenth ASEAN Summit and the East Intelligent Logistics Network. Asia Summit.
This was followed by a Meeting of APT Leaders with representatives of the East Asia Business Council (EABC).
In the afternoon, Jokowi planned to attend the launch ceremony of the ASEAN Smart Logistics Network (ASLN) under the primary project “Vihn Phuc ICD Logistics Center (SuperPort)”. Meanwhile, within the evening, the previous governor of DKI Jakarta participated within the fifteenth East Asia Summit.
Referring to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ASEAN summit with partners will lead to several agreements.
- Joint Statement on Human Capital Development related to the event of human resource capability within the region through education, health, community economy and technological improvements.
- Joint Statement on strengthening cooperation under the Free Trade Agreement and combating Covid-19 on a shared commitment to limit the impact of the pandemic on trade, global and regional investment and restore economic and trade confidence by ensuring market openness, trade facilitation and exchange of experience/information .
- Joint Statement of the Second ASEAN-Australia Biennial Summit.
- ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Leaders’ Vision Statement on the forty fifth Anniversary of the ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue Relationship: A Legacy of Partnership, a Shared Future.
- Joint Statement of the twenty third ASEAN-Japan Summit on Cooperation on the ASEAN Perspective for the Indo-Pacific as a Form of Implementation of the ASEAN Perspective for the Indo-Pacific.
Source: thejakartapost.com, liputan6.com
