Indonesian President Joko Widodo has rebuffed a US frequest to to allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel in the South-east Asian nation.— Reuters pic
Representatives for Indonesia's president and defence minister, the US State Department press office and the US embassy in Jakarta did not respond to requests for comment. Representatives for the US Department of Defence and Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi declined to comment. Indonesia is not a formal claimant in the strategically important waterway, but considers a portion of the South China Sea as its own. It has regularly repelled Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing boats from an area to which Beijing says it has a historic claim.
“It's seen as out-of-place,” he told Reuters. “We don't want to be duped into an anti-China campaign. Of course we maintain our independence, but there is deeper economic engagement and China is now the most impactful country in the world for Indonesia.” The US recently has used military bases in Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia to operate P-8 flights over the South China Sea, military analysts said.
Good for Indonesia👏🏻
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