Participation in MIKTA

MIKTA is an innovative partnership that brings together Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea (ROK), Turkey and Australia. The group works to bridge divides in the multilateral system and build consensus on complex and challenging issues, drawing on the diverse perspectives of its members and their shared interest in an effective, rules-based global order.

The MIKTA countries are significant economic powers and play pivotal strategic roles in our regions. MIKTA countries are the 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th largest economies in the world.

We share important fundamental values and interests, including a commitment to open economies, human rights and democracy, and it matters to us all that international governance structures effectively address the problems we face.

Working together, our consultative forum can play a constructive role internationally. MIKTA partners can draw on our diverse perspectives to develop and promote a better understanding of how different countries view major global challenges. In this way, our diversity will enable us to build consensus to advance the common interests of the international community.

MIKTA’s diversity means that we have an opportunity to build consensus across very different constituencies. Consultations with MIKTA partners allow us to have a much better understanding of the positions and perspectives of our different constituencies.

Australia’s Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne with her MIKTA counterparts at the 13th MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New York, 27 September 2018. From left to right: Dr Luis Videgaray Caso, Mexico; Ms Kang Kyung-wha, Republic of Korea; Ms Retno Marsudi, Indonesia; Ms Marise Payne, Australia and Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Indonesia