Jakarta – United States (United States) Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Yohannes Abraham highlighted the deep merging between the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) and the US technique for the region.
” There’s a lot of locations of deep merging in between ASEAN, its outlook on the Indo-Pacific, and the United States Indo-Pacific method,” Ambassador Abraham said throughout an unique interview with ANTARA here on Friday.
This convergence is rooted in a shared vision, a shared set of values, and a shared set of results that the US and ASEAN wish to accomplish for stability in the Indo-Pacific, he added.
Both the United States and ASEAN believe that the 2 are better off when the region is steady, prosperous, safe, and resistant against emerging difficulties, Abraham observed.
He said he thinks there are many locations of significant merging between the AOIP and the United States Indo-Pacific strategy, and the US wants to continue working with ASEAN to further those shared visions.
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The US also supports ASEAN midpoint. This has actually been shown by the commitment conveyed by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as well as members of the US Congress.
” US is deeply committed to ASEAN midpoint. President Biden, Vice President Harris, the entirety of the United States federal government has explained our, and notably bipartisan members of Congress to make clear, our deep dedication to ASEAN and ASEAN midpoint,” said the ambassador.
Abraham likewise lauded Indonesia’s chairmanship of ASEAN this year.
He said Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship has actually contributed to an unprecedented expansion of ASEAN and US cooperation and relations.
” Under their leadership, as our nation planner and their leadership as chair, we’ve seen an unprecedented growth of ASEAN and United States cooperation and relations,” he highlighted.
That expansion, he included, has actually most tangibly appeared in the elevation of the relationship between the United States and the ASEAN to an extensive strategic collaboration.
As a part of that comprehensive strategic collaboration, there has been an expansion in the areas of cooperation, varying from health security, climate, energy, and women’s issues, to transport, to improve the lives of one billion people on both sides, the ambassador mentioned.
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