China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang gave a press conference in Indonesia, where he was visiting, and said, ``We must not bring competition between major powers into the Asia-Pacific region,'' and restrained the United States, which is strengthening its involvement in Southeast Asia against China.
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has chosen Indonesia as his first Southeast Asian diplomatic partner since taking office last December.
On the 22nd, he held a joint press conference after meeting with Foreign Minister Retno.
"We must not bring a new Cold War or competition between great powers into our Asia-Pacific region," Qin stressed.
In addition, he said, "China supports the strategic independence and unity of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations."
“We want Southeast Asia to become a center of peace, stability and economic growth,” Retno said.
On the other hand, Indonesia is at odds with China over the South China Sea.
In addition, some ASEAN member states have territorial disputes with China over this maritime area.
For this reason, Foreign Minister Retno said, "Indonesia and ASEAN would like to formulate a code of conduct that is effective, practical, and implementable," and would like to focus discussions with China on formulating rules to prevent disputes in the South China Sea. showed the idea.