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Indonesia, Malaysia concerned over AUKUS nuclear subs plan

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Reuters
18 October, 2021, 02:30 pm
Last modified: 18 October, 2021, 02:37 pm

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Indonesia, Malaysia concerned over AUKUS nuclear subs plan

Indonesia last month said it was concerned AUKUS could lead to a regional arms race

Reuters
18 October, 2021, 02:30 pm
Last modified: 18 October, 2021, 02:37 pm
Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah speaks with member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Yang Jiechi (not pictured) during a meeting in Beijing, China September 12, 2019. Photo :Reuters
Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah speaks with member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Yang Jiechi (not pictured) during a meeting in Beijing, China September 12, 2019. Photo :Reuters

Malaysia and Indonesia share strong reservations over Australia's decision to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, even though nuclear weapons were not part of the plan, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Monday.

Referring to AUKUS, a trilateral security pact agreed last month between Australia, the United States and Britain, Saifuddin Abdullah said the two Southeast Asian nations were similarly concerned about its ramifications.

"We agree on the latest issue in the region regarding a country near our territory that is purchasing new nuclear-powered submarines," Saifuddin told a joint news conference after a meeting counterpart Retno Marsudi.

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"Even though that country doesn't have the capacity for nuclear weapons, we are worried and concerned."

Indonesia last month said it was concerned AUKUS could lead to a regional arms race.

The deal comes amid increasing tensions in the East and South China Seas, conduits for trillions of dollars of shipments amounting to about a third of global trade.

The Philippines, a US defence treaty ally, has backed AUKUS it, saying it offers a necessary counterbalance to an increasingly assertive China.

Malaysia previously said it would seek views on the issue with China and ASEAN.

The Indonesian and Malaysian ministers also expressed disappointment with the Myanmar junta's lack of progress in implementing an agreed peace plan with the Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN).

ASEAN on Friday decided to exclude junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, who led a Feb. 1 coup, from an upcoming regional meeting, in an unprecedented snub by the bloc.

ASEAN will continue to offer humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, said Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

The foreign ministers also said they were in discussion about starting a travel corridor between Indonesia and Malaysia, and had agreed to finalise maritime sea borders in southern Malacca and the Sulawesi Sea.

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