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The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs encouraged the ratification of the UN Convention against Torture in ASEAN countries and the Asia-Pacific region through the 2019 Regional Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) Seminar. "Indonesia is one of the initiators of the Convention against Torture Initiative at the high level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2014," Director General of Multilateral Cooperation at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Febrian Ruddyard, while delivering a keynote address at the Regional Seminar of CTI 2019 in Bali, as conveyed through written statements, Wednesday. The three-day seminar inviting ASEAN countries and the Asia Pacific region was aimed at increasing the capacity of participating countries in ratifying and implementing the United Nations Convention against Torture. The seminar facilitated participating countries to share experiences, best practices, and challenges in developing and implementing the principles of the Convention against Torture into the statutory regulations and institutional system of national law enforcement. Indonesia has actively carried out various activities that can encourage the realization of the CTI vision. The activities included a capacity building workshop related to the Anti-Torture Convention organized by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission and an inter-regional event at Fes in 2017 held with Morocco. Both these efforts encouraged an increase in the number of countries in the region willing to attend the Convention against Torture Initiative seminar. The initiative is looking at universal ratification by 2024. "Despite all its challenges, Indonesia is fully convinced that the world will witness the universal ratification of the Convention against Torture in 2024," Ruddyard said. The seminar was held in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the CTI Secretariat, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Embassy in Jakarta, and the Association for the Prevention of Torture.//antara.

President Joko Widodo on Wednesday released the Indonesian contingent for the 30th SEA Games and appealed to the athletes to grant Indonesia the top two position in the medal tally of the multi-sport event that the Philippines is hosting from November 30 to December 11. "I want us to emerge as the top two at the Philippines 30th SEA Games," President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said in his speech, delivered at a ceremony releasing the Indonesian contingent at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java. Jokowi said the Indonesian athletes were expected to improve their achievements in various international multi-sport events though it was not an easy task. However, with a solid fighting spirit and the support of 260 million Indonesians, the athletes should do their best to grab as many medals as possible at the Philippines 30th SEA Games, he said. At the ceremony, which was also attended by Youth and Sports Minister, Zainudin Amali, President Jokowi handed over a Red and White flag to the Chief of the Indonesian Contingent for the 30th SEA Games, Harry Warganegara. The opening ceremony of the biennial multi-sport event will be held on Saturday (November 30). The Indonesian athletes who just won 38 gold medals at the 2017 SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur will compete against those from the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Timor Leste.//antara.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Technical Cooperation on Capital City Relocation and Development was inked between Indonesia and South Korea. "This (MoU) was signed by the Public Works and Public Housing Minister (Basuki Hadimuljono) and his South Korean counterpart. The cooperation concerns city development within the regional perspective, among other things," Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi notified the press at Hotel Lotte, Busan, South Korea, on Monday evening. President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, on Monday, bore witness to the inking of the new capital city MoU and two other agreements. The two other agreements were respectively on conclusion of negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership (CEPA) between Indonesia and South Korea and on Visa Exemption for holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports of both nations. The MoU encompassed city planning and design as well as public works and housing development. "It includes engineering of construction, technology, and management covering roads, bridges, clean water, raw water, dams, flood control, drinking water, drainage system, waste management, domestic waste water, housing, and buildings," she elaborated. The forms of the cooperation comprise current information, experience, knowledge and technology sharing, expert assignment, capacity building, and cooperation in technical aspects that the two countries had agreed upon. While addressing several CEOs of major South Korean companies, Jokowi elaborated on his plan to relocate the capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan. "I think you have heard that Indonesia will move its capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan,” he stated. Indonesia will design a smart, green, safe, and inclusive capital city, he remarked. "Indonesia is open to establishing cooperation for relocation of this capital city. Once again, I invite you to strengthen our economic and trade cooperation as well as cooperation in investment between Indonesia and Korea," Jokowi remarked. Jokowi was in South Korea to attend the 2019 ASEAN-Republic of KOREA Commemorative Summit in Busan on Nov 25-26 to mark the 30th anniversary of dialogue partnership between the ASEAN and Republic of Korea.//antara.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended the 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of dialogue partnership between ASEAN and the Republic of Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in greeted Jokowi upon arrival at the Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO) at 9 a.m. local time. Leaders of 10 ASEAN member nations, including Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, were attendees at the summit. Moon remarked in a keynote speech that the history of exchanges, lasting over several centuries, was gradually pushing East Asia toward the center of the global economy again. "Asia is the future of the world," he remarked, emphasizing the significance of economic cooperation between South Korea and the ASEAN. The economies of ASEAN and Korea were rapidly approaching, Moon remarked, adding that Korea and the ASEAN were everlasting friends and a community of destiny. "Korea will be a community growing together with the ASEAN, beyond ASEAN friends. Under the thought that the development of ASEAN is that of Korea, Korea will always be with the ASEAN," he stated. Moon also sought deeper cooperation between the ASEAN and South Korea to face protectionism, international crimes, and industry revolution 4.0. "We must strengthen cooperation and solidarity, especially in facing challenges of the industry revolution 4.0," he noted. Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi had earlier expounded that the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit would comprise three sessions. The first session aims at deliberating on the evaluation of three decades of cooperation between the ASEAN and South Korea and future cooperation for the subsequent 30 years. The second session will focus on discussing connectivity issues, while the third session would be a retreat for discussion on regional and global issues. The ASEAN groups Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.//antara