High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell visits Indonesia to discuss with his interlocutors a range of regional and international security issues, both in South-East Asia and beyond. In light of the upgrade of the EU-ASEAN relations to a Strategic Partnership, the recent adoption of Council Conclusions on an EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
[SPEECH]
- Ladies and Gentlemen, colleagues
Thank you for your invitation and for the opportunity to set out the EU’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.
This is a dynamic region. It is as much a strategic space as a geographical reality, which we define as stretching from East Africa to the Pacific Island States. It is becoming the world’s centre of gravity, both in geo-economic and geo-political terms.
As EU, we have significant stakes in the region: The EU is the top investor and development assistance provider for the Indo-Pacific. And one of its biggest trading partners. Put differently, we are also an actor of the Indo-Pacific development. -
Watch full speech here: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-206840
