JAKARTA - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is still trusted to bring together parties who want to achieve peace in the world, said the Director General of Southeast Asian Cooperation of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ina Hagniningtyas Krisnamurthi, referring to the series of '59th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and Post-Ministerial Conferences' (AMM/PMC) and related meetings held since the beginning of this week.
Four European countries, Romania, Sweden, Lithuania and Poland, officially became High Contracting Parties to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia or the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), after signing the accession in the High Contracting Parties to TAC high-level conference in Manila, Philippines. Friday.
"After 50 years, this ASEAN treaty has become a treaty that is believed to bring peace in the Southeast Asian region. So more and more countries are acceding," explained Ambassador Ina, Friday (24/7).
"Currently, the total number is 62 parties, emphasizing that ASEAN is still trusted as a convening power or power to bring together parties who want to achieve world peace," said Ambassador Ina.
"It starts with peace in the region," he said.
Furthermore, Ambassador Ina emphasized, "peace cannot be created without cooperation. Without cooperation, it is impossible to have peace in the world,"
He explained, "what was discussed by the TAC is how to create world peace. If you have ever heard of terms such as climate security. So security because of climate change. So for example, the lake is receding so that the borders between countries are also getting closer and then there is a conflict. The problem of rivers is fighting for water, conflict. "
"So even the issue of the environment can be brought to the issue of peace. Therefore, cooperation must be improved. Cooperation in what areas? In the field of development, in the field of economy. Even education is one of the resources for peace. Because if we teach the next generation of science that brings peace. Love for the country, love for one's neighbor which is basically human rights," said Foreign Minister Lazaro.
Asked about the increasing number of countries that want to join the TAC, Ambassador Ina said "they are connecting the situation in their respective regions with Southeast Asia. Even if there is a spark, it does not go to a big war and Insha Allah it does not. So there are things they want to learn from this region, how to create peace and stability."
"With (the increase in the number of) European countries, perhaps they also see how the European Union also adopts the values and principles of ASEAN," he said.
"So this is like a learning area from the area. Why if in ASEAN there is a spark between countries, there are many border problems, but why is there no, like them, there is a conflict where it is very, very bloody, mass killing weapons, and so on. So there is an element of it," he said.
Ambassador Ina added, the common thread of all meetings since Monday is that ASEAN is one of the regional organizations that can show that we, despite the problems between member countries, nothing is more important than development.
"So the rights of ASEAN development must continue to be protected. How do we protect the rights of ASEAN development (7:30) that creates peace and stability? So the common thread is. What happened in other regions, for example in the Strait of Hormuz, (7:39) people never imagined would happen here. So how do we prevent anything that happens in other regions from happening in this region," he explained.
"So the bottom line is that, ASEAN is becoming more like the center of global dynamics. That all eyes are now on this region," he continued.
"How do we keep this area peaceful and stable, so that this is indeed the heart of the economy, development, and also security, stability in a country like this," he said.
It is known that the TAC high-level meeting marks the end of the 59th AMM/PMC in Manila, before the leaders' meeting in November. The high-level meeting was divided into three sessions, namely the Conflict Prevention and Preventive Diplomacy Session, the Security and Maritime Cooperation Session, and the Session to Overcome Emerging Challenges.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Sugiono together with the Head of Foreign Policy of the European Union Kaja Kallas led the Conflict Prevention and Preventive Diplomacy Session.
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