Indonesian Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pahala Mansury, engaged in a dialogue with representatives of the Council of the European Union's Working Party on Asia-Oceania (COASI), during COASI's working visit to Indonesia on April 22, 2024. The delegation was accompanied by the EU Ambassadors to Indonesia Denis Chaibi, and to ASEAN Sujiro Seam. The Vice Minister emphasized Indonesia's strategic role and the potential for collaboration with the EU in navigating economic fragmentation and uncertainty. The Vice Minister said that Indonesia is not a proxy of any powers and is open to fostering partnerships based on fair, equal, and mutually beneficial principles. The Vice Minister emphasised that the Indonesia-EU partnership "still left much to be desired" both geopolitically and geo-economically. He proposed innovative collaboration to upgrade the partnership in the global supply chain through potential cooperation in several sectors. These are sustainability and green transition, digital economy and high-technology manufacturing, and the utilization of innovative financing covering sectors such as health, transportation and logistics, agriculture, and fisheries.The Vice Minister also stressed that both parties need to adopt a constructive approach to address "irritants", to improve the quality of the partnership, including by concluding the negotiation of the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) and solving various disputes in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Vice Minister Mansury also said that Indonesia welcomes the EU's support for Indonesia's accession to the OECD. (Tempo, Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Indonesia Trade and Economic Weekly - 26 April 2024