JAKARTA, jAN 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia and Japan here, today, concurred on holding another “2+2” (two-plus-two) meeting in 2020, after first being launched in 2015, both nations’ foreign ministers reaffirmed during the Seventh Strategic Dialogue here, today.
Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Retno Marsudi, met her Japanese counterpart, Motegi Toshimitsu, in Jakarta, and both sides were on the same page, over expediting preparations pertaining to the two-plus-two meeting. However, both ministries have yet to disclose the exact date of the upcoming meeting.
“We’d like to decide which issues should be highlighted for the upcoming meeting,” Japan’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Toshimitsu, the first foreign minister that Marsudi met this year, stated.
During the strategic dialogue, both ministers shared views and perspectives on tensions in the South China Sea.
“We share a serious concern over the effort to change a unilateral status quo, and we reaffirm to strengthening our collaborations,” Toshimitsu noted, citing that, this month, Japan’s government will establish partnership with Indonesia’s Maritime Security Board (Bakamla).
Apart from the South China Sea, both ministers also spoke of the recent tensions between the US and Iran. Both sides agreed to prevent any further escalation amid the conflict.– NNN-ANTARA
