(Dan Tri) – The world’s focus is shifting to the Indo-Pacific region in terms of geo-economics and geopolitics, European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell said.
Josep Borrell, EU High Diplomatic Representative and Vice President of the European Commission (Photo: AFP).
The European Union (EU) recently announced a new strategy on the Indo-Pacific.
EU commitment to the region
The world’s focus is shifting to the Indo-Pacific region in terms of geoeconomics and geopolitics.
As the EU, we have a major stake in the future of the region and, we believe, we will also have a major contribution to make.
Why is the EU now launching a new Indo-Pacific strategy?
Priority areas
What have we taken into account?
A big priority will be our cooperation on global challenges.
Under this strategy, we emphasize that we want to strengthen our digital partnerships, including working closely together to set standards that will shape our digital lives
We also want to deepen our security commitment including counterterrorism and cybersecurity, seeking to make that cooperation as concrete as possible.
In addition, the EU will seek to conduct more joint exercises and port visits with Indo-Pacific partners, including multilateral exercises, to combat piracy and protect
ASEAN is a strategic partner
Regarding the partners we want to cooperate with, the EU strategy covers all our partners who want to cooperate.
We also include China in our Indo-Pacific plans.
In short, the EU’s Indo-Pacific strategy is about scaling up and diversifying our political and economic partnerships in the region.
