A Meeting with Ms. Christine Cipolla Regional Director for Asia Pacific of the ICRC
Rabu, 30 November 2022
Jakarta – The Director General of Defense Strategy of the Ministry of Defense Major General TNI Bambang Trisnohadi was accompanied by the Director General of International Cooperation of the Directorate General of Defense Strategy Brigadier General TNI Steverly Parengkuan and Head of the Sub Directorate for America and the Pacific Directorate of International Cooperation Col. Inf. Kurniawan Firmuzi, S.E., received a visit from Ms. Christine Cipolla as Regional Director of the Asia Pacific International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Indonesia and Timor Leste. This activity was carried out on Wednesday, 30 November 2022 in the Meeting Room of the Director General of Defense Strategy, 2nd Floor, A. Yani Building.
The meeting discussed an overview of the latest cooperation between the ICRC and Defense Ministers in the region and shared our readings on the challenges of humanitarian issues in Asia and the Pacific. In addition, the two of them also discussed the Chairmanship of ASEAN Indonesia in 2023, and how the ICRC can complement this effort through ADMM and ADMM Plus, especially on the topic of humanitarian assistance, and also a proposal to jointly organize a regional seminar in 2023 on international law and standards applicable in maritime defense arrangements, including international humanitarian law applicable at sea, as well as shared interests in regional and global affairs, especially humanitarian issues, between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia and the ICRC.
At the end of the meeting, the Director General of Defense Strategy thanked Ms. Christine Cipolla for taking the time to meet and discuss current issues, especially in our region, the Asia-Pacific, as well as enhancing cooperation with the ICRC, and congratulated the ICRC for the Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Successful Military Operations, in Bali, Indonesia, from 20 to 26 November 2022. ($)
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