In The Discussion Of The Myanmar Crisis, President Jokowi Received The ASEAN State Foreign Minister In Jakarta

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers also conveyed the readiness of their respective countries to support Indonesia's Chairship in ASEAN in 2023. After Indonesia, Laos will hold ASEAN Chairship for 2024. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accompanied by the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Menlu) Retno Marsudi received the honorary visit of the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and the secretary-general of ASEAN at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Friday.Retno Marsudi explained the meeting to be a series of events for the meeting of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers, Friday afternoon, and the event The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' (AMM) Retreat on Saturday 4 February to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar. "Today and tomorrow, ASEAN foreign ministers will hold a series of meetings that will start this afternoon, namely working lunch, discussing Myanmar issues; then followed by the ASEAN Coordinating Council and tomorrow we will hold a retreat meeting," said Retno quoted by ANTARA, Friday, February 3. The meeting with the ASEAN Foreign Ministers was the first major meeting to be held under the Chairmanship of Indonesia in ASEAN 2023. During the meeting, President Jokowi emphasized that ASEAN should not be the main mechanism of ASEAN in helping Myanmar out of any country. On that occasion, Retno emphasized the importance of centralization and unitarity of ASEAN that needs to be maintained because this is ASEAN's main capital," added Retno. Jokowi also emphasized the importance of respecting the principles of human rights international law democracy (HAM) in accordance with the ASEAN Charter. Retno explained that Jokowi emphasized that Indonesia would be committed to implementing the Five Points Agreement of ASEAN leaders or Five Point Consensus which would be the main mechanism of ASEAN in helping Myanmar out of the political crisis. On that occasion, Retno said that the second thing emphasized by Jokowi was hope that ASEAN could become an economic growth center (epicentrum of growth) in the midst of the current world economic projections. After Indonesia, Laos will again remind that we will be able to make ASEAN an epicentrum of community if we are able to maintain peace stability in the region, "he said. These two points received appreciation from all member states of ASEAN. The ASEAN members also conveyed the readiness of their respective countries to support Indonesia's Chairmanship in ASEA