Indonesia is hosting a workshop on the East Sea in Yogyakarta from October 30 to November 1.
The three-day 23 rd Workshop on Managing Potential Conflict in the
East Sea is jointly held by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry’s Policy
Analysis and Development Agency and the Centre for Southeast Asian
Studies.
Delegates at the workshop include numerous
scholars from the Policy Analysis and Development Agency and the Centre
for Southeast Asian Studies, as well as representatives from Brunei ,
Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , the Philippines ,
Singapore , Thailand , China , Vietnam and Taiwan ( China ).
The delegates focused on discussing three main issues that include
managing potential conflict through cooperation, promoting
confidence-building measures to increase mutual understanding, and
promoting the exchange of views through dialogue on certain issues.
Indonesia plays an active role in seeking a peaceful solution to
disputes in the East Sea . The country has organised a number of
workshops on the management of potential conflicts in the East Sea
and promotion of cooperation between claimants since 1990.-VNA