REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEOUL -- Indonesian government will focus on cooperating with South Korea to ensure rapid industrialization, according to visiting President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) here on Monday.
"In the bilateral talks (with South Korea) just now, Indonesia expressed a wish to cooperate in order to enhance the pace of industrialization in the country and develop its creative industry," President Jokowi said here on Monday in a joint press statement with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at the Cheong Wa Dae Palace in Seoul.
Such cooperation will cover a number of creative industries, such as fashion, movies, theater and broadcasting.
South Korea is a strategic and key partner of Indonesia in Asia, Jokowi said, adding that the bilateral cooperation on economy and industry was proceeding very well.
"Trade and investment between the two countries has been going on well. Just now, we talked about making investment in Indonesia. South Korea is very interested in making investments in areas such as toll roads, harbors, railway tracks, power plants and maritime infrastructure," Jokowi noted.
President Jokowi also asked the South Korean government to facilitate export of fruit from Indonesia.
In addition to the economic issues, Jokowi also expressed his appreciation of the South Korean government for cooperation in the political and legal spheres so far.
"We also agree that security and regional stability are absolute in the Korean Peninsula, and Indonesia requests North Korea to abide by all resolutions of the United Nations Security Council," Jokowi pointed out.
Indonesia and South Korea also agreed to cooperate in information exchange in an effort to overcome the problem of terrorism.
In his speech, President Jokowi also invited the South Korean President to visit Indonesia.
On this occasion, representatives of the two governments signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), covering cooperation for a Special Economic Zone, creative industries, maritime cooperation, sports, peat land management, infrastructure development and geospatial data, land administration as well as MoUs on corruption eradication.
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