{"id":48941,"date":"2023-05-14T16:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T16:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/14\/us-army-chief-seeks-closer-security-ties-with-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:22:25","slug":"us-army-chief-seeks-closer-security-ties-with-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/05\/14\/us-army-chief-seeks-closer-security-ties-with-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army chief seeks closer security ties with Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JAKARTA, Indonesia \u2014 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/interviews\/2022\/10\/10\/five-questions-with-gen-james-mcconville-us-army-chief-of-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville<\/a> met with Indonesia\u2019s top defense official on Friday to push for stronger security ties amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConville said he and Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto discussed ways to deepen cooperation, including enhanced military exercises between the countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have many friends in the region, and we work closely together. We all share the same interests for the region: peace, security, stability,\u201d McConville said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we work together on maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subianto said the promotion and maintenance of peace and stability in the region \u201cis our common concern,\u201d but stressed Indonesia\u2019s neutral stance, saying it wants to maintain relationships with all nations, \u201cespecially all the major powers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McConville arrived in Jakarta late Thursday from the Philippines, which is locked in an ongoing dispute with China over territory in the South China Sea. His visit there followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/training-sim\/2023\/04\/13\/see-us-philippines-stage-balikatan-military-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\">joint U.S.-Philippine war drills<\/a> last month that antagonized Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Indonesia for a summit at which territorial disputes in the South China Sea were high on the agenda. China claims virtually all of the sea, which is also claimed in part by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/05\/02\/on-board-a-philippine-patrol-in-contested-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">South China Sea<\/a> is home to vital shipping lanes, plentiful fish stocks and undersea mineral resources. 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