{"id":275480,"date":"2020-11-15T05:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275480"},"modified":"2020-11-15T05:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T10:15:43","slug":"us-strategic-partner-for-asean-in-indo-pacific-region-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/15\/us-strategic-partner-for-asean-in-indo-pacific-region-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"US strategic partner for Asean in Indo-Pacific region: FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_275481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-275481\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/US-strategic-partner-for-Asean-in-Indo-Pacific-region-FM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-275481\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/US-strategic-partner-for-Asean-in-Indo-Pacific-region-FM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/US-strategic-partner-for-Asean-in-Indo-Pacific-region-FM.jpg 680w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/US-strategic-partner-for-Asean-in-Indo-Pacific-region-FM-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-275481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marsudi, who represented President Joko Widodo at the virtual meeting, joined the summit from the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Menlu_RI\/status\/1327652415764459521\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Menlu_RI\">@Menlu_RI\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JAKARTA\u00a0\u2013 The United States is one of Association of Southeast Asian Nations\u2019 (Asean) strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific region, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said at an online press conference after attending the 8th Asean-US Summit on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Marsudi, who represented President Joko Widodo at the virtual meeting, joined the summit from the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndonesia hopes the Asean-US friendship will remain strong in the future. Looking ahead, Indonesia will always hope the US becomes an important and strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific region, including in the application of Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will hopefully serve as a positive force to achieve regional peace, stability, and prosperity, she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the economic and development sector, the US has been Asean\u2019s second biggest trade and investment partner over the past four years, she pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Trade between the US and Asean has increased 39 percent from USD211.8 billion to USD294.6 billion, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The US investment in the region has also jumped 110 percent from USD11.65 billion to USD24.5 billion,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>In the energy sector, Asean and the US have drafted a plan for long-term cooperation (2021-2025), in addition to collaboration in the digital economy sector through programs to boost the capacity of about four thousand micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs, she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Asean-US partnership has also strengthened during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has lasted for 10 months, she noted.<\/p>\n<p>US National Security Adviser Robert C. 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