Presiden Joko Widodo atau Jokowi berdiskusi dengan Elon Musk di markas SpaceX di Boca Chica, Amerika Serikat, Sabtu, 14 Mei 2022. Dalam kesempatan ini, Jokowi dan Elon Musk sempat melakukan diskusi singkat dilanjutkan berkeliling melihat fasilitas markas besar SpaceX tersebut. (Foto: Laily Rachev - Biro Pers Sekretariat Presiden)
Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Sikap Amerika Serikat (AS) kini mulai melunak meski menolak kedatangan Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin ke G20. Pejabat tinggi AS berkata tak ada niat ingin menjauhkan negara-negara lain dari Rusia.

Presiden AS Joe Biden ingin agar ada respons kuat kepada Rusia atas tindakannya yang melanggar kedaulatan wilayah Ukraina. Namun, AS berharap Indonesia memahami sudut pandang AS terhadap invasi Rusia ke Ukraina.

"Saya pikir tidak ada fokus khusus untuk berusaha mengajak negara-negara lain untuk menjaga jarak. Saya pikir yang adalah fokus untuk membuat negara-negara memahami perspektif AS dalam hal ini," ujar Edgard Kagan, Asisten Khusus Presiden dan Direktur Senior untuk Asia Timur dan Oseania di Dewan Keamanan Nasional AS, Selasa (17/5/2022).

Lebih lanjut, Kagan berkata memahami bahwa negara-negara di kawasan Asia Timur dan Oseania memiliki hubungan sejarah yang berbeda-beda dengan Rusia. Dan ada pula negara yang punya hubungan dekat dengan negara tersebut.

"Saya pikir kami mengakui bahwa setiap negara di kawasan memiliki sejarah yang berbeda, dan hal itu berarti beberapa di antara mereka memiliki hubungan-hubungan yang lebih dekat dengan Rusia," jelasnya.

Amerika Serikat pun meminta komunitas internasional, termasuk ASEAN, agar sepakat dalam memahami adanya pelanggaran Piagam PBB dalam invasi Rusia ke Ukraina. AS juga mengajak dunia untuk mendukung sikap Ukraina yang tetap berusaha merdeka dari Rusia.

Seperti diketahui, serangan Rusia ke Ukraina melanggar pasal 2 Piagam PBB karena menggunakan pasukan untuk melanggar kedaulatan wilayah negara Ukraina.

"Pandangan kami adalah supaya mereka semua menghargai pentingnya berdiri untuk kedaulatan dan kemerdekaan dan integritas wilayah," ujar Kagan.

Untuk acara G20, Presiden Jokowi telah resmi mengundang Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin dan Presiden Ukraina Volodymyr Zelensky.
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US did not try to pressure Asean nations to distance themselves from Russia at White House summit, official says
>Special assistant to the US president Edgard Kagan says expanded US-Asean ties are ‘really critical’ to Washington’s efforts in the Pacific amid China’s rise
?Joe Biden told last week’s event America wanted a ‘new era’ in relations and promised greater cooperation over the South China Sea


US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman (left) and US President Joe Biden attend the US-Asean Special Summit to commemorate 45 years of US-Asean relations and strengthen Asean’s central role in delivering sustainable solutions to the region’s most pressing challenges. Photo: EPA-EFE

The US has not tried to persuade Asean countries to distance themselves from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, a senior US official said on Tuesday during a briefing about the recently concluded US-Asean summit.

A statement issued after the summit did not mention Russia or the invasion, but said “we continue to reaffirm our respect for sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity” and called for an “immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine.

Some Asean nations have been reticent to condemn Vladimir Putin’s decision to start the war, while Indonesia, as host the Group of 20 summit later this year, refuses to exclude Putin from the gathering.

On Tuesday Edgard Kagan, special assistant to the US president and senior director for East Asia and Oceania on the National Security Council, said US President Joe Biden had discussed the importance of having a strong international response regarding the Ukraine war with Asean leaders.

“I don’t think that there was a particular focus on trying to persuade countries to distance themselves [from Russia]. I think that there was, however, focus on making sure the countries understood the US perspective,” he said during the press call on Tuesday.

“I think that we recognise that every country in the region has shown different history. And some of them have closer ties to Russia,” he said.

Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary in the Department of State bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who was also on the call, said there was a “strong consensus” among participating countries in outlining principles regarding Ukraine.
“I’m just quite gratified and impressed by the number of leaders that spoke out to express their concerns,” Kritenbrink said.

On Friday Biden told the summit the US was launching a “new era” in its relations with Asean amid China’s growing clout in the region, pledging to elevate cooperation on a range of aspects, from the digital economy to security in the South China Sea.

Kagan said it was important to expand US-Asean ties, which were “really critical” to Washington’s broader efforts in the Pacific.

“I think the president is very, very committed to the idea that we can’t allow ourselves to be overly focused on Ukraine,” he said.

“The administration needs to continue doing what it laid out from the very beginning of its time in office in terms of really focusing on the Indo-Pacific and expanding and strengthening our position and our relations in the Indo-Pacific,” he added.

The joint statement said the US and Asean would step up maritime cooperation, including coordinating among maritime law agencies to curb illegal fishing and ensure freedom of navigation over the South China Sea.

The US is not a claimant in the disputed waters, sovereignty over which is contested by mainland China, several of its Southeast Asian neighbours and Taiwan.
However, Washington has long deployed military aircraft and vessels to the resource-rich waters for freedom-of-navigation operations, which have been denounced by Beijing as violating its sovereignty.


Southeast Asian nations have overlapping claims over several island groups in the South China Sea and are increasingly concerned about Beijing’s military build-up in the disputed waters.

“I would say it is perfectly natural that in a US-Asean summit that there would be a focus on maritime issues, particularly in the South China Sea,” Kritenbrink said.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/dipl...sean-summit-of
Akhirnya Amerika menghormati posisi Indonesia mengundang Presiden Putin dengan kompromi mengundang Presiden Zelensky.