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Japan, Indonesia to boost ties through regular strategic talks
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Japan and Indonesia will agree to boost ties through regular strategic talks on political, economic and security issues during a meeting between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono scheduled for Friday, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
The two countries will enhance their partnership by annually holding a strategic dialogue between their foreign ministers, a high-level economic dialogue involving several ministers of the two countries and talks between their defense ministers, they said.
In addition to the existing frameworks, Tokyo and Jakarta will newly set up senior-working level talks involving their foreign and defense ministry officials, according to the sources.
The move to deepen Japan's relationship with Indonesia, this year's chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is seen as a way to curb China's growing influence in the region.
Kan and Yudhoyono, who will arrive in Japan on Thursday for a three-day visit, are expected to discuss recent territorial disputes in the South China Sea between China and ASEAN countries including Vietnam and the Philippines, the sources said.
While Tokyo has called for the rows to be resolved through talks in multilateral settings involving countries such as the United States and Japan, Indonesia may heed China's calls that the disputes should be settled bilaterally.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss cooperation in combating climate change, according to the sources.
Japan and Indonesia have been exploring a new bilateral mechanism to trade greenhouse gas emission credits and working together on conserving forests and slashing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Southeast Asian country.
The two countries will enhance their partnership by annually holding a strategic dialogue between their foreign ministers, a high-level economic dialogue involving several ministers of the two countries and talks between their defense ministers, they said.
In addition to the existing frameworks, Tokyo and Jakarta will newly set up senior-working level talks involving their foreign and defense ministry officials, according to the sources.
The move to deepen Japan's relationship with Indonesia, this year's chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is seen as a way to curb China's growing influence in the region.
Kan and Yudhoyono, who will arrive in Japan on Thursday for a three-day visit, are expected to discuss recent territorial disputes in the South China Sea between China and ASEAN countries including Vietnam and the Philippines, the sources said.
While Tokyo has called for the rows to be resolved through talks in multilateral settings involving countries such as the United States and Japan, Indonesia may heed China's calls that the disputes should be settled bilaterally.
The two leaders are also expected to discuss cooperation in combating climate change, according to the sources.
Japan and Indonesia have been exploring a new bilateral mechanism to trade greenhouse gas emission credits and working together on conserving forests and slashing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Southeast Asian country.
