ASEAN, EU boost cooperation to address global challenges
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) to continue fostering comprehensive cooperation to address increasingly complex global challenges.
The ASEAN-EU cooperation is being tested by the global situation which is facing enormous challenges. (Photo: AP)
Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian Ministerof Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) tocontinue fostering comprehensive cooperation to address increasingly complex global challenges.
Addressing the ASEAN-EU Post MinisterialConference (PMC) within the framework of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(AMM-56) in Jakarta on July 13, Retno said the ASEAN-EU cooperation is being tested by theglobal situation which is facing enormous challenges, adding that to navigatethese dynamics, the two sides must continue to enhance comprehensive cooperation.
She mentionedtwo important aspects for the ASEAN and the EU to overcome challenges, including maintaining an inclusiveregional architecture, and enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation.
Retno emphasised that ASEAN has invested heavily inconstructing an inclusive regional architecture, expressing her hope that theEUꦅ would share the same view on the incl♚usive collaboration paradigm.
Accordingto the minister, the ASEAN and EU have great potential and they are eachother’s third largest trading partner. Both of them also have integratedeconomies with 450 million consumers in the EU and 650 million in ASEAN.
Indonesia hopes that the ASEAN-EU strategiccooperation can be strengthened based on the principles of mu🧔tual respect andmutual benefit, she said./.
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The ASEAN-EU cooperation is being tested by the global situation which is facing enormous challenges. (Photo: AP) 
