REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PARIS -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte discussed a couple of important issues for bilateral cooperation, when they met during the ongoing Climate Change Summit (COP21) in Paris, France, on Monday.

The bilateral meeting happened right after the two leaders arrived in Parc Des Expositions Du Bourget, Paris, where the UNFCCC COP21 leaders meeting is taking place.

In the meeting, President Jokowi and PM Mark Rutte discussed the construction of National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) and the Deep Seaport.

The President was accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi.

President Jokowi asked PM Mark Rutte to expedite the construction of NCID.

Moreover, the President also hoped that cooperation between Indonesia and Netherlands to develop the Deep Seaport can continue.

Responding to the issue, PM Rutte promised to send a team to Jakarta to discuss further cooperation in this regard.

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PM Rutte will visit Indonesia in 2016, it was made known in the meeting.

Earlier, Minister Retno had stated that President Jokowi, along with 147 other leaders, will deliver Indonesia's vision and stance on various issues relating to climate change.

She also explained the strategic position of Indonesia, considered as among countries that have a large forest area, but which is also susceptible to climate change due to its geographic position.

"With 17 thousand islands, of which most are small, more than 70 percent of Indonesia comprises water and sea. It makes us highly vulnerable, and we, as a developing country, still need sufficient room to bring about economic development," Minister Retno said at the Presidential Palace on Friday (November 27).

Minister Retno remarked that Indonesia had earlier conveyed its commitment on emission reduction.

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