Indonesia Denies Backing Chinese Claim in South China Sea

Indonesia is not recognizing China’s claims over large areas in the disputed South China Sea, the southeast nation’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, clarifying that it has not effectively accepted the Chinese claims as interpreted in an earlier declaration. Indonesia’s newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto picked China for his first overseas visit this weekend, during which China and Indonesia signed strategic cooperation agreements in critical minerals in total bilateral deals worth $10 billion encompassing…