🇷🇺🇮🇩 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putinheld talks at the Kremlin with President-elect and Defence Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, who has come to Russia on a working visit.
💬 Vladimir Putin: We know you as a good friend of our country. You are not only respected in Indonesia as a prominent military leader but also as a political figure. You have held the post of defence minister for many years. I know that you have developed very good relations with your Russian colleagues.
🤝 Russia and Indonesia share a long-standing friendship that began decades ago. Next year, we will mark 75 years of diplomatic relations between our countries.
📈 I would like to note that our trade and economic ties have been developing very well recently. Despite the pandemic and the current developments around Russia, including associated restrictions, our trade has been growing. It has doubled over the past years. This is a very positive trend, which makes us happy. I hope that it will persist.
We also hope that the draft agreement on the EAEU-Indonesia free trade zone, which is ready for signing, will play a positive and substantial role in the development of our trade and economic ties. <...>
We are ready to further increase agricultural deliveries and implement investment projects in energy, transport and infrastructure. It is the responsibility of our intergovernmental commission. <...>.
We also continue to cooperate in the humanitarian sphere. As per tradition, Indonesian students receive education in Russia, including on scholarships funded by the Russian budget, and we are ready to continue doing this. The Russian Centre for Science and Culture is operating in Jakarta. We would like to express our gratitude for supporting its work.
🌐 Last but not least, we also coordinate our positions on the international stage, including and primarily within #ASEAN.
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🗓 On August 21, the delegation of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 took part in the 12th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)-Russia Consultation in Semarang, Indonesia 🇮🇩.
🔹️The parties discussed tangible outcomes of the ASEAN-Russia Trade and Investment Work Programme 2021-2025 and highlighted key projects in the following spheres: food and energy security, trade liberalisation, stability of financial system and payments, tourism promotion, digital and creative economy.
🔹️Special attention was paid to the digital economy, specifically e-commerce. The Russian side expressed its appreciation to the #ASEAN partners for participating in the ASEAN-Russia E-Commerce Cooperation Roundtable held online on August 10.
🔹️Russia proposed to further strengthen cooperation in the areas of regulatory policy, digital economy and mitigation of impact of climate change.
📢 Dear friends, don't miss an opportunity to join ASEAN-Russia E-Commerce Cooperation Roundtable organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia 🇷🇺 and the ASEAN Secretariat.
🚩The Roundtable will be held online tomorrow on 10 August 2023 at 02.00 PM - 06.00 PM (Jakarta time).
Participants will discuss:
🔹️ Regulatory approaches to digital economy and e-commerce in Russia and #ASEAN, including consumer protection, logistics and e-payment;
🔹️ Access to e-commerce platforms: best practices and services for business, including MSMEs;
🔹️Opportunities and challenges of entering foreign e-commerce marketplaces.
🤝We look forward to welcoming ASEAN friends at the Roundtable.
📢 Russia 🇷🇺 resumes issuance of unified electronic visas (e-visas) starting from August 1, 2023.
Such visas can be obtained by citizens of 52 countries, including 4️⃣#ASEAN Member States - Indonesia 🇮🇩, Malaysia 🇲🇾, the Philippines 🇵🇭 and Singapore 🇸🇬.
🪪 An application can be filled at https://electronic-visa.kdmid.ru or through a mobile application (link for download is available at the website), it must be submitted not later than four calendar days before the expected date of entry into the Russian Federation. A digital photograph and a scan of a passport are to be attached, no other documents are required. E-visas are being issued on a paid basis.
👉 An e-visa allows for a single entry into the Russian Federation with private, business or tourist purposes or to participate in scientific, cultural, socio-political, economic and sports events. The validity of an e-visa is 60 days from the date of issuance with the maximum permitted period of stay of 16 days from the date of entry into the territory of the Russian Federation. Entry and exit with e-visas is allowed by air, road and water transport, as well as without the use of vehicles, only through the checkpoints listed in the Directive of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2741-r dated October 23, 2020. E-visas are valid for stay all across the country.
Transportation companies can check that a foreign citizen has a valid e-visa at https://evisacheck.kdmid.ru.
🗓 On August 2, Russian delegation comprised of the representatives of the MFA 🇷🇺 took part in the 11th Expanded #ASEAN Maritime Forum in Bali 🇮🇩.
🤝 Participants had an in-depth discussion on various issues of maritime agenda including its safety and security, economic and ecological aspects.
✈️ On July 12-15, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Indonesia to take part in the annual meetings of Foreign Ministers of #ASEAN countries, and visited Thailand.
On July 12-14, in Indonesia, Sergey Lavrov participated in the meetings of Foreign Ministers in the #RussiaASEAN format, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum on Security.
On the sidelines of the events Sergey Lavrov met with:
🇮🇩 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Indonesia Retno Marsudi,
🇨🇳 Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee Wang Yi,
🤝 ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn,
🇱🇦 Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith,
🇮🇳 Minister of External Affairs of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,
🇱🇰 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry,
🇧🇳 Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.
🇹🇭 On July 15, Sergey Lavrov arrived on a working visit to Thailand where he held negotiations with acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Don Pramudwinai and took part in the opening ceremony of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Phuket.
🇷🇺🇮🇩🇨🇳 On July 12, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovmet with Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, and Foreign Minister of Indonesia Retno Marsudi in Jakarta on the sidelines of #ASEAN ministerial events.
The Sides focused on issues of expanding trilateral cooperation to facilitate food and energy security in the context of current crisis trends in the global markets. The Sides reaffirmed their readiness to coordinate efforts in this field, including in the interests of boosting the economic resilience of the Global South, provided that all countries respect the principles of equality and mutual benefit in global economic ties.
They constructively exchanged opinions on a number of topical international and regional issues and discussed the objectives of strengthening the ASEAN-centric system of security and cooperation in the Asia Pacific region.
Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi supported the efforts of Indonesia, which is currently chairing ASEAN, to promote these objectives at the upcoming ministerial meetings within the framework of the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum in Jakarta.
🇷🇺🇸🇬 H.E. Nikolay Kudashev, Russia’s Ambassador to Singapore, on future of #ASEAN-Russia cooperation:
💬Historically Russia is an integral part of Asia-Pacific security architecture, plays a decisive role in promotion of environment of peace and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific through fostering ASEAN Centrality through the last three decades.
https://alamak.io/2023/06/12/the-future-of-russia-asean-relations-unleashing-potential-through-cooperation-and-goodwill/
💬FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 11th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues(May 24, 2023)
Key talking points:
🔹US is intentionally seeking to escalate tension around Taiwan as part of its so-called Indo-Pacific strategies. Washington has been drawing its satellites, not only those in Europe, but also in the Far East into its destructive plots.
🔹 During the NATO summit in Madrid, the West proclaimed the principle of indivisible security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions, deciding to deal a fatal blow to the #ASEAN-centric security architecture in that part of the world.
🔹Instead of effectively cooperating for the benefit of all, the Anglo-Saxons have been deploying NATO’s military infrastructure in the region, established AUKUS and other variable-geometry military and political alliances in an attempt to draw several Southeast Asian countries into these incendiary games. All this cannot but cause serious concern.
🔹Some truly democratic interstate organisations are likely to provide crucial support in this work, organisations promoting a constructive, creative, and forward-looking agenda, and based on consensus rather than on the bloc discipline of the rod. Intensifying versatile ties between multilateral associations in Greater Eurasia, including the CSTO, the EAEU, CIS, SCO, #ASEAN, and CCAS, is highly relevant as well.
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🎙🇷🇺Press release on the briefing of Ambassador of the Russian Federation to ASEAN H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov on ASEAN-Russia Cooperation (17 May 2023, Jakarta)
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❓The 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Labuan Bajo
💬We congratulate #ASEAN and Indonesia 🇮🇩 on the successful completion of the 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Labuan Bajo. The outcome documents cover a broad range of issues. The ASEAN’s efforts in advancing regional payment connectivity and promoting local currency transaction can be of particular practical interest.
❓Ukrainian crisis in the Chairman’s Statement of the 42nd ASEAN Summit
💬We noticed that in the Chairman’s statement of the Summit in Labuan Bajo ASEAN expressed its commitment to mitigate the impact of the situation that continues to affect negatively the region. Disruption of supply chains, rise in prices and concerns about food and energy security are direct results of the illegal unilateral Western “sanctions”. States that impose such measures should be responsible for their consequences for the developing countries in different parts of the world. It would be quite legitimate to raise the issue of the negative implications of the “sanctions” before their authors.
❓Situation in Myanmar
💬The role of the international community should consist in facilitating resolution of the current crisis without interference in the internal affairs of Myanmar while abstaining from threatening and imposing unilateral sanctions. Russia supports the ASEAN’s efforts on the basis of the Five-Point Consensus.
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