EU needs special representative to Asean

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (left) speaking with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi at the Pancasila Building in Central Jakarta on June 2, 2021. - Courtesy of Indonesian Foreign Ministry

KATHMANDU (The Jakarta Post/ANN): In 2026, four years before the deadline world leaders set to achieve a more sustainable, just and climate-resilient planet, another EU-Asean planning cycle will come to term, the third since 2013.

Considering that the two organisations upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership last December, we might assume that the pair will have followed through with new and more ambitious deeds by then.