Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi will attend a series of the 53rd Ministerial Meetings virtually from 9-12 September 2020. The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi said in a teleconference in Jakarta, Friday (4/9/2020) that at the meeting that ASEAN Foreign Ministers would agree to maintain political and economic stability.
"In this series of ASEAN meetings, several documents are planned to be adopted, including a joint communique with the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers, which essentially explains the commitment of ASEAN Foreign Ministers to maintain regional political and economic stability, then ratification of an action plan between ASEAN and dialogue partners, as well as several other result documents which are still being negotiated," said Retno Marsudi.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi further said that in the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, there will be at least 19 meetings that will be held virtually and will be chaired by Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Bing Minh as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020. Retno added, on the sidelines of the meeting, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers will attend several meetings, including the Dialogue on Strengthening the Role of Women for Sustainable Peace and Security. (VOI / YOUTUBE KEMLU / AHM)