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EU has no choice but to accept a more powerful Asean: Jakarta Post contributor
The writer says the EU is stepping up efforts to play a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific cooperation scheme because the area has become the world’s centre of growth.
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Asean flags are seen alongside a flag of Europe at the Asean-EU summit in Brussels on Dec 14, 2022.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Kornelius Purba
JAKARTA - Just one month after chairing the internationally applauded Group of 20 (G-20) Summit, bringing together the leaders of the world’s largest 20 economies in Bali, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo played a leadership role for the 10-member Asean during the summit to commemorate 45 years of its relationship with the 28-member European Union in Brussels on Wednesday.
Indonesia will formally chair Asean next year.
