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

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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