China should play role in Indo-Pacific

A NEW Indo-Pacific maritime security regime should be set up with all relevant players including China, a security report says.

The Indian Ocean security report, prepared by a taskforce of the Australia India Institute at Melbourne University, says there is no region-wide security regime for the Indian Ocean and sub-regional security regimes are relatively weak.

Security arrangements that do exist are essentially western-oriented and principally orchestrated by the United States.

The report said some discussions of the Indo-Pacific security system excluded China.

"We argue for the concept to be inclusive, meaning that China is included, in order to maximise long-term regional security," it said.

The report notes Australia's relative neglect of the Indian Ocean Region in its strategic thinking.

But the region is likely to be elevated in strategic importance in the coming Defence White Paper.

As well, Australia takes the chair of the pre-eminent regional grouping, the 20-member Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Co-operation (IOR-ARC) for a two-year term later this year.

The AII taskforce calls for an expansion of the group's agenda beyond economic issues.

Launching the report in Canberra on Wednesday, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs Richard Marles said the AII was not a government body and the government would not respond to its conclusions.

"But this report is intended to be a very significant contribution to the debate," he said.

Mr Marles said Australia's approach to the Indian Ocean issues was incremental but very purposeful.

"We are trying not to overreach, particularly in regional organisations. But we are also taking care not to set our sights and our ambitions too low," he said.

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