Indonesia has nothing to do with South China Sea, Jokowi Says
16 February 2016 14:42 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said that the South China Sea conflict was one of the issues discussed by ASEAN member states along with the United States in the US-ASEAN Summit in Sunnylands Center, California, February 15, 2016.
However, Jokowi said that Indonesia would not be involved in the conflict because the country's territorial water does not border the disputed region. "Indonesia is not included in the South China Sea territory, so there's nothing to settle," Jokowi said in an interview with the press, including Tempo at the Miramonte Resort, California, United States.
Jokowi however, supported the conflict’s resolution through the Code of Conduct, which is currently under discussion between ASEAN member states.
The South China Sea conflict has become one of the issues being discussed in the US-ASEAN Summit in Sunnylands Center, California. During his opening speech, US President Barack Obama said that the United States will push for an immediate resolution to the border conflict surrounding the South China Sea. "We also encourage free navigation for any country [in South China Sea]," Obama said on Monday, February 15, 2016.
DEWI RINA (CALIFORNIA)
