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REGIONAL COOPERATION CRUCIAL FOR PEACE, SECURITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Wednesday called on countries in the Asia-Pacific region to enhance its cooperative mechanisms for peace and security in the region.
He said the region should also continue to adopt a comprehensive approach
toward assessing regional stability, with equal emphasis between traditional and
emerging security issues.
He added that with the growing military might among countries in the region
lately, such mechanism can exert a moderating force on potential rivalry by
fostering dialogues, to deliberate constructive rather than destructive measures
and to appropriately respond to a perceived challenge by any power.
"Such regional platforms can help place matters in proper perspective,
separate myth from fact and rein in counter productive response that aggravate
rather than improve the situation," he said when closing the 24th Asia-Pacific
Roundtable here.
Muhyiddin said countries in the region must remain united in the belief that
regional cooperation is the key to build enduring peace and stability, and
the key to unlock the region's boundless potential for economic growth and
development.
He said that to ensure the region strides along a peaceful path, it is
critical for China, India, Japan and the United States to accommodate each
other's interests and prevent self-regarding nationalism from rearing its ugly
head.
He stressed that however, the concert of the major powers must not be at the
expense of the Asean state and other regional members.
The deputy prime minister added that military power should also be harnessed
for a common good, and be used to address common security concern.
He said the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS), of
which Malaysia is an active participant along with our regional countries such
as China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, is one of the many examples in which
military capabilities can be a positive force when used with good intentions.
He added: "Perhaps this is an overly optimistic view of the growing strength
of military capabilities in the region.
"But I believe that it would be irresponsible for us to forsake the
possibilities of cooperation and mutual benefits because we allow ourselves to
be blind-sided by traditional threat perceptions."
-- BERNAMA
He said the region should also continue to adopt a comprehensive approach
toward assessing regional stability, with equal emphasis between traditional and
emerging security issues.
He added that with the growing military might among countries in the region
lately, such mechanism can exert a moderating force on potential rivalry by
fostering dialogues, to deliberate constructive rather than destructive measures
and to appropriately respond to a perceived challenge by any power.
"Such regional platforms can help place matters in proper perspective,
separate myth from fact and rein in counter productive response that aggravate
rather than improve the situation," he said when closing the 24th Asia-Pacific
Roundtable here.
Muhyiddin said countries in the region must remain united in the belief that
regional cooperation is the key to build enduring peace and stability, and
the key to unlock the region's boundless potential for economic growth and
development.
He said that to ensure the region strides along a peaceful path, it is
critical for China, India, Japan and the United States to accommodate each
other's interests and prevent self-regarding nationalism from rearing its ugly
head.
He stressed that however, the concert of the major powers must not be at the
expense of the Asean state and other regional members.
The deputy prime minister added that military power should also be harnessed
for a common good, and be used to address common security concern.
He said the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS), of
which Malaysia is an active participant along with our regional countries such
as China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, is one of the many examples in which
military capabilities can be a positive force when used with good intentions.
He added: "Perhaps this is an overly optimistic view of the growing strength
of military capabilities in the region.
"But I believe that it would be irresponsible for us to forsake the
possibilities of cooperation and mutual benefits because we allow ourselves to
be blind-sided by traditional threat perceptions."
-- BERNAMA
