TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto met with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong in Singapore on Saturday, June 11, 2022. They mentioned plenty of points together with the territorial dispute in the South China Sea.
It was mentioned that Lee revered Indonesia for not interfering in the battle. Indonesia’s maritime territory just isn’t included in China’s declare of sovereignty.
“PM Lee Hsien Loong expressed his appreciation and said that Singapore respects Indonesia’s neutral position as a non-claimant state in the South China Sea issue,” mentioned Prabowo in the ministry’s official assertion, Sunday, June 12, 2022.
The South China Sea is a strategic space bordered by Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and China. The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry recorded there are overlapping, territorial claims over the ocean between claimants, viz. Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and China, which is extremely triggering potential for battle. Until now, the dispute has not but abated.
Other than the South China Sea difficulty, Prabowo expressed gratitude for Lee’s contribution to encouraging tighter protection cooperation between the 2 nations. In explicit, the completion of the offers, together with on protection.
Indonesia, Prabowo went on, absolutely supported robust protection cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore to be constructed primarily based on the ideas of equality.
Lee and Prabowo additionally reaffirmed the shut and longstanding bilateral ties between Indonesia and Singapore, which had been strengthened by the offers signed on the Leaders Retreat in January 2022.
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