Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia – Melbourne, Australia

Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, Views on the Asia – Pacific Region

& Relation with Australia

Dewi Savitri WahabConsul General of the Republic of Indonesia

for Victoria and Tasmania

Presented at University of Tasmania, 24 October 2016

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IndonesianForeignPolicy

A.INDONESIANFOREIGNPOLICY

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StrategicPositionofIndonesia

16th Largest economy in the world…

4th… is projected to be the largest Economy in

the World in 2050 (World in 2050, PWC)

3rd Largest democracy

Largest Muslim population in the world

Top Emerging markets with the best middle class potential(Euromonitor)

The most strategic global shipping lane (maritime fulcrum)

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Largest Melanesian population (11 Million)

1st

1st

The Largest Economy and the biggest population in ASEAN

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INDONESIANFOREIGNPOLICY

Independent and Active

Principle

Anti-colonialism and exploitation,Actively contributing to world’s peace

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Priorities of Indonesian FP

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ToprotectallIndonesianCitizen/entityabroad

ToincreasetheroleofIndonesiaininternationalforafortheestablishmentofworldorderbasedonfreedom,abidingpeaceandsocialjustice

ToprotectthesovereigntyofIndonesia

Toadvanceeconomicdiplomacy

Four main priorities of Indonesian FP

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Protect the Sovereignty….

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ToincreasetheroleofIndonesiaininternationalforafortheestablishmentofworldorderbasedonfreedom,abidingpeaceandsocialjustice

Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, Views on the Asia – Pacific, and Relations with Australia

• Indonesia has maritime boundariesnegotiation with 6 countries(Singapore, Philippine, Vietnam,Thailand, India, the Republic ofPalau, East Timor), and 2 landboundaries negotiation (Malaysia andEast Timor).

• In 2015, Indonesia had 25 meetingnegotiations, and as results: therewere two agreements ratified: 1).Agreement between Indonesia -Philippine about delimitation ofexclusive Economic Zone boundaries;and 2). Agreement between Indonesiaand Singapore about “delimitation ofthe territorial seas in the Eastern Partof the Straits of Singapore”

Indonesia towards global maritime fulcrum

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MARITIMEFULCRUM“Centre”ofRegional&GlobalEconomicMarine-basedActivities

Rebuildingthemaritimeculture

Maintaining & managing marine resources (focusing onbuilding marine food sovereignty through the developmentof the fishing industry)

Developing maritime infrastructure andconnectivity

Promotingcooperation inthemarinefieldthroughdiplomacy&eliminatingthesourceofconflictsatsea

Developingmaritimedefenseforcestomaintainmaritimesovereignty&wealth

PILLARS OF THE“GLOBAL MARITIME

FULCRUM” VISION

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RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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5.14

4.96 4.975.04

4.734.66

4.74

5.04

4.91

5.18

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2014 2015 2016

IndonesiaEconomicGrowth(Percent)

Indonesia is starting to shake off global economic slowdown…

IndonesiaintheWorldEconomic

G20 Countries rank by GDP 2015Code Ranking Economy (millions of US

dollars)USA 1 United States 17,946,996 CHN 2 China 10,866,444 JPN 3 Japan 4,123,258 DEU 4 Germany 3,355,772 GBR 5 United Kingdom 2,848,755 FRA 6 France 2,421,682 IND 7 India 2,073,543 ITA 8 Italy 1,814,763 BRA 9 Brazil 1,774,725 CAN 10 Canada 1,550,537 KOR 11 Korea, Rep. 1,377,873 AUS 12 Australia 1,339,539 RUS 13 Russian Federation 1,326,015 ESP 14 Spain 1,199,057 MEX 15 Mexico 1,144,331 IDN 16 Indonesia 861,934 NLD 17 Netherlands 752,547 TUR 18 Turkey 718,221 CHE 19 Switzerland 664,738 SAU 20 Saudi Arabia 646,002

Asia-pacific Countries in G20

Source : World Bank

ASEAN Countries rank by GDP 2015

Code Ranking Economy (millions of US dollars)

IDN 1 Indonesia 861,934

THA 2 Thailand 395,282

MYS 3 Malaysia 296,218

SGP 4 Singapore 292,739

PHL 5 Philippines 291,965

VNM 6 Vietnam 193,599

MMR 7 Myanmar 64,866

KHM 8 Cambodia 18,050

BRN 9 Brunei Darussalam 15,492

LAO 10 Lao PDR 12,327

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Source:Bappenas&MinistryofIndustry,2015. 10

10 Priority Tourism Destinations

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Indonesian Diplomatic Mission

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B. VIEWS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

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Security

Stability

Prosperity

KeyChallenges

• Traditional:territorialdisputes(SouthChinaSea,EastChinaSea);territorialclaims,nucleararmament,KoreanPeninsula

• Non-traditional:terrorism,transnationalorganizedcrime,foodandenergysecurity,naturaldisaster,epidemic(healthissues)

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• Engineoftheglobaleconomy• Generates30percentofglobalexport,holdstwo-thirdsofglobalforeignexchangereserves

• TheriseofChina(2nd biggesteconomy&strongmilitarypowerintheregion)

• Indiamovesupthedevelopmentpath• ASEANformsASEANCommunity• TheUSremainsdominantintheregion• Competitivedynamic(China-US;China-ASEAN;China-Japan;Japan-Korea;India-China)

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RegionalArchitecture

• Peace,StabilityandProsperity• Environmenttoreducepotentialofconflict• Cooperationanddialogueandtrustbuilding• CodeofConduct(SouthChinaSea)• Generalcodeofconductonhowwecanmanageandminimizepotentialconflictfromterritorialdisputes

• Maintainpeacedividend;avoidmiscalculationandmisperception

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The need of regional architecture key layers

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IORA

APEC

EAS

ARF

ASEAN+3,+6

ASEAN

C.AUSTRALIA&INDONESIAINTHEREGION

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Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, views on the Asia – Pacific, and Relations with Australia

1. Neighboring countries with closehistorical ties (formalised asdiplomatic relation on 17 March1950);

2. Comprehensive partnership (G to G, Mil to Mil, B to B, P to P) on ranges of issues

3. The two important players in the region

4. Work closely on a range of common strategic interests in regional and global for a (ASEAN+6; ARF, EAS, Pacific Island Forum; IORA; MIKTA, G20 & the UN)

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

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OPPORTUNITIESCHALLENGES

1. Cultural Differences

2. Misunderstanding

3. Not strong economic relations

1. Geographical proximity

2. Australia developed country, Indonesia entry to ASEAN market

3. Comprehensive cooperation (terrorism, people smuggling, socio cultural, education)

4. IA-CEPA

Indonesia & Australia

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Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, views on the Asia – Pacific, and Relations with Australia

A strong and resilient Indonesia – Australia partnership provides a strong anchor for the region and prepares us for the uncertain

future that is full of security and strategic challenges & Opportunities

TERIMAKASIH

QUESTIONS?

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Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, views on the Asia – Pacific, and Relations with Australia