The Governments of Indonesia and Democratic Republic of Timor Leste confirmed the commitment to intensify discussion about development of economic region at border areas and to push for a bilateral investment treaty.
The statement was made by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a joint press statement with the Prime Minister of Democratic Republic of Timor Leste Taur Matan Ruak after a bilateral meeting, at the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java province, Monday (02/13).
“We are committed to intensify discussions on economic region development at border areas of East Nusa Tenggara province [Indonesia] and Oecusse municipality [Timor Leste]. In order to support economic cooperation particularly on the development of economic region at the borders, we have agreed to enter into discussions to establish a Bilateral Investment Treaty,” the President said.
Furthermore, the Head of State also underscored the importance of economic cooperation between the two countries.
“I look forward to the enhancement of trade relations between the two countries,” he said adding that he and his counterpart are also committed to improve connectivity by establishing a bus route connecting Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara province and Dili, the capital city of Timor-Leste.
In addition, President Jokowi also expressed his support for a lower sea transportation cost for the sake of business sector.
On border area, he told that both countries have agreed to immediately complete the construction of land border project this year, namely the Noel Besi-Citrana segment and Bijael Sunan-Oben segment.
“The completion of land border project is important before we can start discussions on maritime [border] and development of Oepoli Border Post,” he stated.
In that meeting, both leaders also discussed the enhancement of cooperation on development sector. President Jokowi said that since 2006 Indonesia and Timor Leste have been cooperating on 258 development projects involving thousands of participants from Timor Leste.
The President also reaffirmed his support to the development of human resources capacity. For the record, Indonesia has been providing scholarships for 489 students from Timor Leste in the past two years.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy to oversee humanitarian assistance from Indonesia for earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria.
“The President has ordered me to oversee the humanitarian assistance from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. The assistance has been delivered in two batches. The first batch of the assistance was delivered on February 11 and the second batch was delivered on February 13,” the Coordinating Minister said after a meeting with the President at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Monday (02/14).
The Coordinating Minister said that the assistance in the first batch was in the forms of equipment and personnel support, including medical doctors and medical personnel.
“In the first batch, we sent 62 personnel and supporting equipment. On February 13, we sent 181 personnel to provide our assistance, especially first aid support, Search and Rescue operation, and medical personnel, especially orthopedic surgeons,” Muhadjir said.
According to Muhadjir, for the second batch of the assistance, the Indonesian Government sent medical doctors and medical experts for treating infectious diseases, while in the next stage, the Government will send assistance in the forms of food and logistics.
“In the next batch, we will send assistance in the form of the logistics. We will send the assistance on February 20 with four cargo planes to send food and other necessities, including blankets, in line with the requests from Türkiye and the Syrian Government,” he said.
According to the Coordinating Minister, President Jokowi has also approved the Government’s assistance in the form of cash.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Wednesday (02/15) received a visit from President of the World Water Council Loic Fauchon and his delegates at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta.
During the meeting, President Jokowi highlighted six major issues that have to be discussed during the 10th World Water Forum in Bali next year.
“We, the World Water Council and the National Organizing Committee for the 10th World Water Forum in Bali were welcomed by Mr. President. He emphasized that six major issues including water requirements for human and the environment must be discussed during the World Water Forum next year,” Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said in his statement after accompanying President Jokowi at the meeting.
According to the Minister, President Jokowi stated that the issue on water requirements for human and the environment is important to be addressed considering that the world is facing global water crisis.
“To that end, the President expressed his hope that the 10th World Water Forum next year will not only serve as conference, but also can come up with concrete recommendations in order to take definite actions,” the Minister added.
Basuki further said that the Kick-Off Meeting of the forum will be held on February 15-16, 2023 and will be attended by Board of Governors of the World Water Council consisting of 56 members and 1,400 participants.
“It is our hope that the Kick-Off Meeting can run well. It aims to mobilize, encourage all stakeholders in water sector to raise more awareness of problems on water resources management,” Basuki asserted.
Echoing the same sentiment, Loic Fauchon expressed his gratitude for the support from President Jokowi and all Indonesian stakeholders in water sector. He called on all parties to well prepare the next year’s forum.
“We have to prepare the World Water Forum in Bali next year. Together, during the coordination process, we have to try providing new solutions, new responses, that can increase water access for billions of people,” he remarked.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo says the world is still narrowly segregated into country blocs that need to be broken down.
That countries with coronavirus vaccines dished them out to friends and allies before making them available to others was case in point, he told the World Government Summit in Dubai in a pre-recorded address.
Mr Widodo, the leader of one of the world's most populous nations with 270 million people, said the pandemic had put the spotlight on how many nations had been left behind.
We must never see again a situation where vaccines, medical equipment and medicine are associated with political blocs
Joko Widodo
“It is imperative for multilateralism to be strengthened in order to save and build the world,” he said.
“The problem we face cannot be compartmentalised.
“However, the fact is that the world is currently divided into blocs. This is a significant challenge that must be addressed by the world today.
“Strong division of blocs among superpowers must be stopped immediately.”
He said humanitarian issues should not be addressed based on global political blocs.
The pandemic shed light on how divided the world was, with poor countries not having enough access to vaccines as compared to others.
“We must never see again a situation where vaccines, medical equipment and medicine are associated with political blocs,” said Mr Widodo.
“If we are not able to avoid political blocs, we should at least dismiss this factor when it comes to humanitarian issues.”
“Inequalities among countries have made it difficult to deal with our common challenges. Financial, technological, human resources and industrial inequality have proved to be an impediment to dealing with global crises.
“Inequalities in focus and energy supply and manufacturing must also be reduced.”
He also touched on how Covid-19 taught the world an extraordinary lesson.
“Three years ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, the world was powerless. Not only low and middle-income countries were struggling, but also high-income countries were left unprepared against the pandemic,” he said.
“We have learnt many lessons from the challenges of the past three years. First, there is no safe salvation; rather, there is shared safety. No one is truly safe until everyone is safe. Therefore, a shared safety agenda must be prioritised by all countries.”
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