Mustaqim Adamrah and Abdul Khalik
The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua/Jakarta
Indonesia is expected to escalate efforts to mediate the ongoing border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand when it hosts two ASEAN meetings in Nusa Dua, Bali, next week.
Expectations are also high for Indonesia to seek a role in mediating the Korean Peninsula conflict and the South China Sea dispute at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the largest security forum in the Asia-Pacific.
Foreign ministers from every ASEAN country except Thailand are expected to attend the AMM, while representatives of all 27 ARF members, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have confirmed their participation.
However, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said there would be no talks to diffuse the Korean Peninsula situation despite the expected presence of foreign ministers from all the nations of the Six Party Talks — China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea and the US.
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