Indonesia Invites ASEAN-Japan to Implement Strategic Comprehensive Partnership

President Jokowi opens the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, Sunday (12/17) at the Okura Hotel, Japan. (Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat)

Indonesia has invited ASEAN-Japan to implement strategic comprehensive partnership as a step to strengthen relations amidst current global uncertainties.

According to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, 50 years of ASEAN-Japan partnership has brought many achievements in maintaining stability and peace, creating tight-knit communities, and growing the regional economy.

“Thus, concrete cooperation that is mutually beneficial and directly useful to the people must be realized, such as in funding for infrastructure, energy transition, digital transformation, food security, and strengthening of supply chain,” he said in his opening remarks at the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation held at the Okura Hotel in the Japanese capital Tokyo, Sunday (12/17).

The President also stated that ASEAN-Japan partnership must be future oriented while expressing hope that Japan as one of the most active partners of ASEAN can continue to be a trusted partner in making East Asia and Indo-Pacific region resilient and the center of economic growth.

“We are all responsible to maintain regional peace, stability, and inclusivity through the strengthening of the habit of dialog and cooperation,” he said while expressing hope that ASEAN-Japan partnership is based on the statement of a joint vision and an implementation plan that is to be produced during the Summit.

President Jokowi also expressed hope that the outcome of the Summit can support the ASEAN Community Vision 20245.

“I hope this new generation of partnership can be an anchor for the prosperity, peace, and stability of our region,” he said. (BPMI of Presidential Secretariat/UN) (DH/MMB)