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Jokowi calls for intelligence cooperation in ASEAN Summit
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, speaks to Myanmar's President Thein Sein before the signing ceremony of the ASEAN convention against trafficking in persons, especially women and children at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, speaks to Myanmar's President Thein Sein before the signing ceremony of the ASEAN convention against trafficking in persons, especially women and children at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday. (AP/Joshua Paul) (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday. (AP/Joshua Paul)
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span class="inline inline-center">Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, speaks to Myanmar's President Thein Sein before the signing ceremony of the ASEAN convention against trafficking in persons, especially women and children at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday. (AP/Joshua Paul)
President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has called on ASEAN member countries to increase cooperation in intelligence gathering during his speech at the 27th ASEAN Summit (KTT ASEAN) plenary meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.
'ASEAN needs to increase intelligence cooperation as well as strengthen legal regulations,' said Jokowi as quoted by Antara news agency.
He added that the implementation of the ASEAN Convention on Counterterrorism needed to be regenerated amid the sad news about violent actions taking place in several countries that had shocked the world in the past few days.
Regarding the territorial dispute over the South China Sea, Jokowi stated that peace and security should be preserved and relevant international laws should be respected.
He also expounded on the Indonesian government's efforts to tackle forest and land fires and the upcoming policies that would be implemented to prevent them from happening again.
Jokowi added that 2015 was an important year because of the launch of the ASEAN Community and the association should be able to contribute to the resolution of the world's problems.
'Without the unity of ASEAN, the region will see a power struggle for influence and ASEAN should be able to preserve peace and stability,' said Jokowi. (kes)
