Jokowi Urges Shared Respect in EU-ASEAN Collaborations

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo addresses the EU-ASEAN Commemorative Top in Brussels on Dec. 14,2022 (Picture Courtesy of Presidential Press Bureau)

Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo informed the current European Union-ASEAN Top that nobody should dictate over others as the 2 trading blocs marked their 45 th year of partnership.

” Our collaboration has actually borne fruits, but I need to say our collaboration is not all smooth-sailing. There are many differences that we need to deal with,” Jokowi said before world leaders at the Brussels conference on Wednesday local time.

” If we want to construct a much better partnership, the collaboration needs to be based upon equality. There must be no imposition of views. There need to not be one who dictates over others and believes that ‘my requirement is better than yours’,” Jokowi included.

According to Jokowi, Southeast Asia has actually stayed an economic powerhouse for lots of years.

” All projections suggest that Southeast Asia will continue to become an epicenter of growth,” the Indonesian leader said while adding that this would mean a partnership with ASEAN would be profitable to the EU.

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Jokowi also brought the summit’s attention to the recent EU-ASEAN Business Council Survey on European companies’ perception of the Southeast Asian area. About 63 percent of the participants see ASEAN as an area with the very best economic chance over the next 5 years and 69 percent expect the ASEAN markets to become more vital in terms of around the world profits over the next two years, according to the survey.

” And 97 percent of the respondents want to see the EU accelerate its open market agreement [FTA] settlements with ASEAN and its members,” Jokowi stated.

” To grow and prosper together is the only option.

The government reported that the EU is ASEAN’s third largest trading partner after China and the United States with bilateral trade reaching $2689 billion last year.

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