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Indonesia to push ASEAN's Indo-Pacific Outlook at Shangri-La Dialogue 2022
The Indonesian delegation to the SLD 2022, which resumed this year following the pandemic, is expected to stand behind the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific as the regional security framework.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his keynote address on June 10, 2022, the opening day of the annual IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which resumed this year after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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s the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD 2022) kicked off in Singapore on Friday, participants expected to hear views on security, especially from Asia-Pacific countries, with Indonesia remaining steadfast in the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific as a regional security framework.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Asia’s premier security summit marked its return on June 10 to 12, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) at the eponymous Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered the keynote speech to open the security summit on Friday. With concerns mounting over China-Taiwan tensions, he issued a stark warning: “Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow”.
The world must be “prepared for the emergence of an entity that tramples on the peace and security of other countries by force or threat without honoring the rules”, he added.
While he did not mention China by name, Kishida repeatedly called for “the rules-based international order” to be upheld.
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Minister of National Defence Gen. Wei Fenghe are also expected to meet in person for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. Austin and Wei are expected to deliver their speeches on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is also listed as a speaker at the Shangri-La Dialogue, according to the IISS website.
Speaking at a media briefing on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said the Asian security summit was intended for its participants, be they governments or think tanks, to share their views and visions on regional politics and security.
Teuku added that essentially, any forum that facilitated major countries with an interest in sharing their views on security and stability contributed to peace through a variety of mechanisms.
He also said that US, Chinese and Japanese attendance at the summit should be viewed as a positive opportunity for the three countries to engage in dialogue and to hear each other’s perspectives.
“On the other hand, Indonesia already has a [regional security] blueprint, which is the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo Pacific,” Teuku said.
He added that the summit usually involved bilateral meetings between the delegates of participating countries for detail discussions on security issues.
