Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially opened the Summit (Summit) 43 Asean in Jakarta, Tuesday (9/05/2023).
“By saying bismillah. I hereby declare that the 43rd ASEAN summit and other summits are officially open,” Jokowi said at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), in Jakarta.
In his speech, Jokowi alluded to the issue of unity among ASEAN member countries. He pointed out that up to now, the unity of ASEAN member countries has always been well preserved.
“At this good time as a family member and chairman of Asean, I would like to emphasize that the unity of Asean is currently well preserved,” Jokowi said.
Jokowi stressed that ASEAN unity cannot be interpreted by the absence of differences of opinion. As a country with various tribes, cultures, languages and religions, for Indonesia, unity is harmony in diversity, including differences of opinion.
“Because differences of opinion feed democracy, they show that we, as a family, are on an equal footing. This equality that I see has become a rarity in the world. Many injustices and conflicts arise because there is no equality,” he continued.
The Head of State said that equality within ASEAN is in fact the main value which is respected and upheld together within the framework of unity and solidarity so that the great ship of ASEAN can keep moving forward.
On the same occasion, Jokowi also reminded that the world is not doing well right now and the future challenges are getting harder and harder. For this reason, he pointed out that ASEAN has agreed not to become a proxy for any power to cooperate with anyone for peace and prosperity.
“Do not make our ASEAN ships an arena of mutually destructive rivalry, but make these ASEAN ships a field to develop cooperation to create prosperity, create stability, create peace not only for the region but also for the world,” he said.
As is known, President Jokowi will chair 12 summit sessions, namely plenary sessions, informal meetings, the ASEAN-China summit, the ASEAN-South Korea summit and the ASEAN-Japan summit.
In addition, ASEAN-US Summit, ASEAN-Canada Summit, ASEAN-India Summit, ASEAN-Australia Summit, ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit (China, Japan, Korea from South). ) and the East Asia Summit.
During this event, Jokowi will also hold 25 meetings in three days, i.e. from September 5 to 7, 2023.
“In three days, President Jokowi will hold 25 meetings during the 43rd ASEAN Summit,” Foreign Minister Retno L Marsudi said in a press statement at the Media Center of the Ministry of Communication and of Informatics (Kominfo) 43rd ASEAN Summit, JCC, Jakarta, Friday (9/01/2023).
Out of a total of 22 participating countries, there were 11 ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Timor Leste .
Then nine countries were invited, including the Republic of Korea, India, Japan, China, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Russia and the United States.
With the addition of two more countries, namely Bangladesh as the chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) and the Cook Islands as the chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
Indonesia will also invite international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Economic Forum, IORA and PIF.
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