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73016
Thu, 07/30/2009 - 21:17
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ASEAN TO INTENSIFY COOPERATION IN ANTICIPATING TERRORISM
Manado, Indonesia, July 30 (ANTARA)- ASEAN's 10 member countries will step up security cooperation in all of their regions to anticipate acts of terrorism that can happen anytime, Indonesia's foreign minister said.
"The threat of terrorism is a serious issue that has to be discussed at ASEAN ministers' level because it can tarnish the image of any affected country," Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda said on the sidelines of a coordination meeting of Indonesian ambassadors to ASEAN member countries and ASEAN working partner countries here on Thursday.
Wirayuda said each ASEAN country should support terrorism prevention efforts and prevent the transit of terrorists from one ASEAN country to another.
He said the recent bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta had aroused the sympathy from all ASEAN member countries and ASEAN working partner countries such as the United States and Australia.
The US had offered its assistance to help identify the dead victims and the perpetrators but the Indonesian government had not responded to it.
"All offers and solidarity came from countries outside ASEAN but the government is confident it can handle the case on its own," Wirayuda said at the meeting participated in by Indonesian ambassadors to Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, India, Belgium, Russia, the United States and Canada.
ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok by the five original member countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on January 8,1984, Vietnam on July 28,1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on July 23,1997, and Cambodia on April 30,1999.
In 2006, the ASEAN region had a population of about 560 million, a total area of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product of almost US$ 1,100 million, and a total trade of about US$ 1,400 billion. ***
"The threat of terrorism is a serious issue that has to be discussed at ASEAN ministers' level because it can tarnish the image of any affected country," Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda said on the sidelines of a coordination meeting of Indonesian ambassadors to ASEAN member countries and ASEAN working partner countries here on Thursday.
Wirayuda said each ASEAN country should support terrorism prevention efforts and prevent the transit of terrorists from one ASEAN country to another.
He said the recent bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta had aroused the sympathy from all ASEAN member countries and ASEAN working partner countries such as the United States and Australia.
The US had offered its assistance to help identify the dead victims and the perpetrators but the Indonesian government had not responded to it.
"All offers and solidarity came from countries outside ASEAN but the government is confident it can handle the case on its own," Wirayuda said at the meeting participated in by Indonesian ambassadors to Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, India, Belgium, Russia, the United States and Canada.
ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok by the five original member countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on January 8,1984, Vietnam on July 28,1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on July 23,1997, and Cambodia on April 30,1999.
In 2006, the ASEAN region had a population of about 560 million, a total area of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product of almost US$ 1,100 million, and a total trade of about US$ 1,400 billion. ***
