Blinken to Make First SE Asia Visit as US Makes Region a Priority

[Indos]

US announces strategy to deepen ties with allies in Southeast Asia
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Dec 14, 2021

 

[Indos]

Meeting with Indonesia Foreign Minister

 

[REhorror]

US is desperate, but ASEAN will continue to be neutral on this.
No point in taking a side for now.

 

[Indos]

 

[REhorror]

It seems he has already going home due to Covid?

Covid test forces Blinken to cut Asia trip short

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Southeast Asia has been cut short after a member of the press corps escorting him tested positive for Covid-19.

www.rt.com

Weird...

 

[Beast]

It seems he has already going home due to Covid?

Covid test forces Blinken to cut Asia trip short

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Southeast Asia has been cut short after a member of the press corps escorting him tested positive for Covid-19.

www.rt.com

Weird...

He was banned by other ASEAN countries.

 

[REhorror]

He was banned by other ASEAN countries.

Lot of money wasted for nothing then.

Now I see the advantage of Xi's virtual summits.

 

[Beast]

Lot of money wasted for nothing then.

Now I see the advantage of Xi's virtual summits.

Binken is keen to spread virus to other parts of world but his action is foiled half way.

 

[Battlion25]

He was banned by other ASEAN countries.

Interesting can you elaborate on this

 

[Beast]

Interesting can you elaborate on this

Due to the covid positive of a staff from his contours.

 

[lcloo]

Funny thing is that we hardly felt his presence in Malaysia. Just a simple short news reporting that no one seen to take notice.

 

[Indos]

Blinken make long speech in University of Indonesia

 

[艹艹艹]

Indonesia a balancing force between China, US
15th December 2021

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has highlighted Indonesia's position as a strong country that can be a balancing force between the two major global powers, China and the United States (US).

"Indonesia is a big country, a rich country, a country that doesn't need to side with anyone. I tell this message to my friends in China and America," he remarked at the 2022 Business Challenges webinar, which was accessed from here on Wednesday.

He said that the potential could make Indonesia a balancing force between the two countries.

"So, we position Indonesia as a strong counterweight. And we can take advantage, I think, for the masses, in this regard," he added.

He recalled telling US Foreign Affairs Minister Antony Blinken during a recent meeting that Indonesia is different now from how it was 15 to 20 years ago.

Thus, it would be a big mistake if the US does not consider Indonesia as important, he added.

"I said to Antony, 'You forgot Indonesia. You don't count Indonesia in. I don't think you should be doing that, but if you don't want to count (Indonesia) in, that's okay. We can survive (on our own), really.' So that's the message I got to tell them, that this is Indonesia. It's different from Indonesia 15–20 years ago," he elaborated.

He also said that Indonesia does not take any country's side at all. All countries are considered allies, as long as the cooperation is mutually beneficial, he added.

"We say that whoever is involved, for us, we are friends. There is no problem as long as it is mutually beneficial," he remarked.

 

[Indos]

We call Luhut Binsar Panjaitan as Lord Luhut

It is because he is Jokowi strongest Minister after Sri Mulyani, our Finance Minister.

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