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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – International Relations observer Hikmahanto Juwana Hikmawanto said that it is impossible for China to build a military base in Indonesia. The reason is that Indonesia adheres to a free and active foreign policy, which does not allow Indonesia to receive facilities and even military bases from other countries.
Hikmahanto explained that Indonesia had been invited to join the Defense Pact of Southeast Asian Nations, known as SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization). At the time, Hikmahanto said, Indonesia did not want to be included in this Pact.
“The government will be consistent. I think the government will consistently use free and active political policies,” Hikmahanto said during an interview with CNBC Indonesia on Friday (4/9/2020).
He reminded the government not to be overly suspicious of China because of this report. Then the government took action in favor of the United States (US).
“This is certainly not true either. Especially if the United States pushes Indonesia against China because the tension is quite high in the South China Sea. Because Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, had said that they were there to protect or support the interests of ASEAN countries, they should have. ” Indonesia does not go there, “he added.
Earlier, it was widely reported that the United States said that China would build military bases in several countries, including Indonesia, through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI / OBOR) project as an intermediary.
This was revealed in a US Department of Defense or Pentagon report to Congress titled “Military and Security Advances Involving the People’s Republic of China.”
Quoted from the website www.defense.gov, the US military said that China targeted various countries around the world including Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Angola and Tajikistan, including Indonesia. .
However, the Chinese government denied the allegations in the report. Bamboo Shade Country even urged the United States to stop reporting “irresponsible.”
The statement was made on Wednesday (2/9/2020) yesterday, shortly after the Pentagon issued an annual report on China, accused of trying to expand its military under the guise of an investment program.
“We urge the US side to leave behind an outdated cold war mentality and a zero-sum game mentality,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying.
“Stop publishing irresponsible reports year after year, take an objective and rational view of China’s strategic intentions and the development of national defense, and do more things that lead to Sino-US relations and military-military relations, and not the other way around. “
“This latest report is the same as previous reports which are factual and full of bias. China strongly opposes inappropriate comments on China’s national defense and deliberate distortion of China’s strategic intentions.”
