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Securing Regional Waters: Q&A with Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia
THE 6th IISS ASIAN SECURITY SUMMIT
SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
Singapore
Sunday 3 June 2007
SECURING REGIONAL WATERS: HOW MUCH PROGRESS?
Q&A
Professor Juwono Sudarsono, Minister of Defence, Indonesia
Hon Hermogenes E Ebdane Jr, Secretary of National Defense, The Philippines
Hon Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka
Questions & Answers
Dr John Chipman
Minister, thank you very much. Well if we look across at the three presentations that have been made, I think we have three broad questions to address during the 40 minutes or so we have for questions. Juwono Sudarsono emphasised in his remarks the requirement to link-up south east Asia and east Asia in the battle against threats to maritime security and that the military to military links between south-east Asia and east Asia for this purpose had to be improved, so that raises the question of how wide can the cooperation be on maritime security.
Securing Regional Waters: Indonesia
THE 6th IISS ASIAN SECURITY SUMMIT
SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE
Singapore
Sunday 3 June 2007
SECURING REGIONAL WATERS: HOW MUCH PROGRESS?
Professor Juwono Sudarsono, Minister of Defence, Indonesia
Securing Regional Waters: Indonesia
Professor Juwono Sudarsono
Minister for Defence, Indonesia
I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the delegation to the staff of IISS Asia, the Government of Singapore for this opportunity to present our views at this very important occasion. I will speak in broad general strategic terms about the role of maritime security in the region covering both Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the links with the Persian Gulf. I think it is important to note that as was observed by many speakers yesterday, the Straits of Malacca is an important trading and naval passage area in the region.
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