By Prashanth Parameswaran

October 28, 2015

"Indonesian president Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo called for restraint in the South China Sea in Washington, D.C. just hours after the U.S. navy carried out much-anticipated freedom of navigation operation near China's controversial artificial islands there.

While Indonesia does not consider itself a claimant in the South China Sea disputes, Jokowi told an audience at the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, that Indonesia had an important interest in ensuring regional peace and stability. He encouraged all parties to exercise restraint just as China and the United States traded barbs following patrols conducted by USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer within 12 nautical miles of China’s artificially-built islands."

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http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/indonesia-calls-for-south-china-sea-restraint-amid-us-china-tensions/

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