Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says he would 'always safeguard our sovereignty' when asked about the South China Sea, Prabowo adds,'We respect all powers but tells reporters, 'Partnerships are better than conflicts.'
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00:00Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says he would always safeguard our sovereignty
00:06when asked about the South China Sea.
00:08Prabowo adds, we respect all powers, but tells reporters,
00:11partnerships are better than conflicts.
00:13Prabowo's comments come after the foreign ministry stressed that Indonesia does not
00:17recognize China's claims over the South China Sea,
00:20despite signing a maritime deal with Beijing last weekend.
00:24The deal indicated they had reached common understanding on joint development
00:28in areas of overlapping claims.
00:30That wording sparked concern in Indonesia,
00:32which could be interpreted as a change in Jakarta's stance as a non-claimant state.
00:37Beijing has long clashed with Southeast Asian nations over the South China Sea,
00:40which it claims almost in its entirety.
00:43Prabowo, on his first trip since taking office, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing
00:48on the weekend and with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington the day before.