RI succeeds in creating security in Malacca Strait

London (Jakarta Forum-ANTARA) - Indonesia has succeeded in creating and maintaining maritime security in the Malacca Strait as a vital world trade shipping route, an Indonesian official in Brussels said.

"Indonesia`s success in creating security in the Malacca Strait was recognized recently in the `Experts` Round-table Debate on Maritime Security" in Brussels, Belgium," spokesman of the Indonesian Embassy in Brussels, Punjul Nugraha, told ANTARA News here on Saturday.

He said Professor Hasyim Djalal of Indonesia was present as the main speaker in the Experts` Round-table Debate on Maritime Security which was organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Brussels in cooperation with Egmont Institute, a leading think tank in Belgium.

Punjul said that in the round-table debate Hasyim Djalal, the Indonesian negotiator in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982, emphasized Indonesia`s role in creating Malacca Strait security nationally and through bilateral and regional cooperation.

He said the promotion of marine navigation safety in Southeast Asian region should continue to be developed on the basis of common interest.

According to him, Indonesia and its partners have common interest in maintaining regional security.

Besides Hasyim Djalam, other speakers in the round-table debate were from the National University of Singapore, European External Action Service (EEAS), diplomatic circle, and executives of other multinational companies.

Meanwhile, Egmont Institute Director Marc Trenteseau said Malacca Strait was the main route of trade between European Union and China, Japan and Korea.

Trenteseau said Malacca Strait has a strategic value for European Union from geo-strategic and geo-political aspects.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have established a cooperation scheme to maintain security in Malacca Strait, said Marc Trenteseau, a former Belgian ambassador to Indonesia.

Besides Marc Trenteseau, Asia Director in Eurepean External Action Service (EEAS), James Moran said the European Union was eager to give its contribution for the maintenance of maritime security in Southeast Asian region.

"Indonesia and European Union have Partnership and Cooperation Agreement that can be the basis for concrete cooperation in this field," James Moran said.
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