US Vice-President Kamala Harris will attend the Asean Summit and other leaders' meetings in Jakarta while President Joe Biden goes to India for the G20 summit.
JAKARTA: United States President Joe Biden’s absence at the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and other leaders’ summits in Jakarta will be a big loss for the grouping and for current chair Indonesia amid simmering geopolitical tensions, say analysts.
The 43rd ASEAN summit will be on Sep 5 to 7, during which there will also be other summits such as the ASEAN-China summit, the ASEAN-US summit and the East Asia summit.reaffirm the US’ commitment to Southeast Asia and ASEAN centrality, and “advance initiatives to promote our shared prosperity and security”, including efforts to uphold and strengthen international rules and norms in the region, and other regional and global challenges.Mdm Harris representing Mr Biden is simply not the same.
Formed in Sep 2021, AUKUS is a military alliance between the US, UK, and Australia directly responding to China’s efforts to expand its nuclear capabilities. “Now, if Mr Biden does not come, the US is permitting ASEAN to be on its own and also to permit China to take the lead because if Biden is here, he could prevent China from producing unnecessary initiatives.”ASEAN foreign ministers assert Five-Point Consensus remains main peace plan for Myanmar crisisMr Biden will not be the first US president to miss the ASEAN summit and related meetings involving leaders from the region and the grouping’s partner-countries.
She adds that the Asean grouping must pay special attention to the US and its allies if they want the next summits to remain relevant. Also, Prof Fitriani believes that even if Biden were to attend the summit, there is no guarantee that it would lead to outcomes that would benefit ASEAN. “Therefore, it is very important for ASEAN to expand their partnerships with other countries such as the European Union, Russia, Japan and India,” she adds. “So that we have other dialogue partners apart from the US and China.”
Assoc Prof Rezasyah shares similar views. “This would have been the jewel in the crown of Indonesian diplomacy under Mr Jokowi,” he says, referring to the Indonesian president by his nickname.Indonesian President Joko Widodo will hand over the chairmanship to Laos at the end of the summit on Sep 7.
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