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61467
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 09:27
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RI SEES APT/EAS AS INSTRUMENT TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL COOPERATION
Jakarta, May 19 (ANTARA) - The government of Indonesia saw the ASEAN Plus Three and East Asia Summit (APT/EAS) as two processes which mutually strengthen regional cooperation, a senior government official said.
Speaking in a seminar on Indonesia-China relations in the framework of National and Regional Interest here on Tuesday, Director General for ASEAN Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry Djauhari Oratmangun said that ASEAN could become a driving force of the two regional cooperation mechanism.
In the seminar organized by the foreign ministry, it was said that APT/EAS constituted an important and similar process in bringing integrity in the East Asian region.
The establishment of APT cooperation was triggerd by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, while EAS was one of open regional forums which surfaced in East Asian region.
EAS consists of 10 ASEAN members plus Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand.
Furthermore, Djauhari said in the context of integrity in the East Asian region, Indonesia was of the view that ASEAN should first concentrate on materializing the ASEAN Community by 2015.
"Cooperation in the framework of APT or EAS should be directed to help create an ASEAN Community by 2015 which will take place after 2015 at the time when the ASEAN Community could be materialized," he said.
The role of China in the process of integration in the East Asian region, he added that this country was very active in APT cooperation. Some cooperation projects in the framework of APT were already implemented early in 2008.
Speaking in a seminar on Indonesia-China relations in the framework of National and Regional Interest here on Tuesday, Director General for ASEAN Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry Djauhari Oratmangun said that ASEAN could become a driving force of the two regional cooperation mechanism.
In the seminar organized by the foreign ministry, it was said that APT/EAS constituted an important and similar process in bringing integrity in the East Asian region.
The establishment of APT cooperation was triggerd by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, while EAS was one of open regional forums which surfaced in East Asian region.
EAS consists of 10 ASEAN members plus Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and New Zealand.
Furthermore, Djauhari said in the context of integrity in the East Asian region, Indonesia was of the view that ASEAN should first concentrate on materializing the ASEAN Community by 2015.
"Cooperation in the framework of APT or EAS should be directed to help create an ASEAN Community by 2015 which will take place after 2015 at the time when the ASEAN Community could be materialized," he said.
The role of China in the process of integration in the East Asian region, he added that this country was very active in APT cooperation. Some cooperation projects in the framework of APT were already implemented early in 2008.
