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Indonesian Navy Conducts Major Exercise Amid South China Sea Tensions

Indonesia is staging a major marine exercise today in the Java Sea and the South China Sea, the objected to waterway where tensions have actually increased recently in between China and the United States. The Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet held an exercise in the Java Sea on Wednesday as part of a series of drills […]

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‘No Reason to Negotiate’ With Beijing on South China Sea

The Indonesian foreign minister stated Thursday there was “no reason to negotiate” as she declared Jakarta’s position that it has no overlapping claims with Beijing in the South China Sea, days after Indonesia sent out the U.N. chief another letter on the subject. The diplomatic letter to United Nations Secretary- General António Guterres, dated June […]

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In Letter to UN Chief, Indonesia Takes Stand on South China Sea

Indonesia added its weight to current diplomatic relocations by ASEAN members opposing Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, sending out an unusual diplomatic note to the head of the United Nations previously today. The letter, sent out to U.N. Secretary- General António Guterres on Tuesday, defined the Indonesian federal government’s assistance for a 2016 […]

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Threat to Terminate US-Philippine Pact Resonates Around Southeast Asia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to terminate a lynchpin military pact with long time treaty ally the United States– if executed– might not just shake Manila’s defense policy however effect the fragile balance in ties in between Southeast Asia and U.S. and China, experts state. The Going To Forces Contract (VFA) that Duterte strategies to […]

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