ASEAN DIPLOMACY: JAKARTA- US promises to increase engagement with ASEAN: Visiting official
United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink (right), greets Deputy Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar with a pandemic elbow bump, during the former’s visit to Jakarta on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.(Courtesy of US Embassy in Jakarta/-)
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The United States wants to increase its presence and engagement with Southeast Asian nations to demonstrate its commitment to ASEAN centrality, Washington’s senior diplomat for East Asian affairs has said.
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US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Kritenbrink, who was in Jakarta on Monday and Tuesday, said his country was committed to peace and stability across the wider Indo-Pacific region.
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He is on a four-country tour in Southeast Asia and is to visit Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok later this week. In Jakarta, he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mahendra Siregar, the ministry’s director general for American and European affairs, Ngurah Swajaya, and director general for ASEAN affairs Sidharto Suryodipuro. to Read Full Story
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