Indonesia’s Retno Marsudi Calls for Cooperation in Covid-19 Response during ASEAN-Australia Meeting

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For Retno, optimizing cooperation in the region is especially important during the recovery phase post-coronavirus pandemic.

Transnational crime response

In regards to transnational crime, Retno Marsudi emphasized that Indonesia has temporarily decided to receive Rohingya refugees.

The majority of the Rohingya refugees already have a card from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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This means that they are officially recognized as refugees and are granted international protection rights under the UNHCR.

“Our main priority is to return the Rohingya refugees to their original country of Rakhine State Myanmar in a safe, voluntary, and dignified way,” said the Foreign Minister.

“As such, I underline that a conducive situation at Rakhine State Myanmar must be swiftly realized.” 

Covid-19 in ASEAN

Indonesia has the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases among the ASEAN Member-States.

The Indonesian government’s official tally for June 30 is 56,385 total confirmed Covid-19 cases having added 1,293 new cases in the past 24 hours. 

(Writer: Sania Mashabi | Editor: Fabian Januarius Kuwado) 

Source: https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2020/06/30/18515491/hadiri-pertemuan-asean-australia-menlu-sampaikan-tiga-hal-ini