Australia should be clear and open about its activities in AUKUS, its defense alliance with the United States and the United Kingdom, Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi told her counterpart Penny Wong in Canberra on Thursday. Accompanied by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles, the ministers met at the 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting to address increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a point of concern Retno said must be dealt with using cooperation instead of secrecy. “Indonesia reiterated the importance of AUKUS transparency and the commitment [to stop] nuclear proliferation, as well as adherence to the safeguards of the [Nuclear Proliferation Treaty] and the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency],” Retno said in a statement on Thursday.
source: thejakartapost
