MIKTA: unlikely partners with like-minded goals

Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and Australia have joined forces to promote an effective, rules-based global order.

MIKTA foreign ministers gather on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2017. They are: Luis Videgaray (Mexico), Retno Marsudi (Indonesia), Mevlut Cavusoglu (Turkey), Kang Kyung-wha (South Korea), and Julie Bishop (Australia). Photograph courtesy of the Turkish Embassy

Opinion

BY DIONISIO PéREZ JáCOME, MAENG-HO SHIN, NATASHA SMITH, SELçUK ÜNAL, TEUKU FAIZASYAH

June 20, 2018

In late September 2013, foreign ministers from Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, and Australia met on the sidelines of the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. They aimed to form an informal partnership to address global issues—a bridge-builder and agend...

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