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View all search resultsAs Indonesia has taken the lead in formulating and driving the outlook, our role and standing in the Indo-Pacific and beyond have been much enhanced. This leadership role is allowing Indonesia to be more assertive in general in defending our national interests in the global economy.
The Jakarta Channel was officially put forward as a new concept in China-ASEAN relations by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in September 2018, when he met with a visiting delegation from the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat in Beijing.
For more than 50 years, ASEAN has underpinned peaceful cooperation between its Southeast Asian member states. As such, ASEAN nations such as Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam have been able to prosper and add economic weight to an already dynamic region.
We were all greatly moved by the way Indonesia was hit so severely by the earthquakes and tsunami in September. On behalf of the German government and of all Germans, I would like to express our country’s heartfelt sympathy and condolences for the many victims.
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