Throwing the Net to Contest China
The United States is avidly lobbying Indonesia regarding the South China Sea conflict. The issue was also discussed during Prabowo’s US visit.
Devy Ernis
November 10, 2020
MICHAEL Richard Pompeo felt a single visit to Jakarta was not enough. In a speech, the US Secretary of State claimed he was pleased to be back in Indonesia after his first visit in 2018. “It is important for me to return and strengthen these important and fundamental ties with Southeast Asia,” said Pompeo at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry building in Pejambon, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, October 29.
In a brief address that lasted
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