Durian. Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived in Indonesia’s capital on Oct.20 for his three-day official visit where he met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at Bogor Presidential Palace, outskirt Jakarta to discuss various bilateral issues including health cooperation.
The visit is PM Suga’s first overseas trip after taking office on Sept. 16. He is accompanied by his spouse Mariko Suga.
“It is reflecting [our] mutual commitment to strengthen strategic partnership between Japan and Indonesia. In the midst of world’s uncertainty, this visit reflects that we choose to cooperate and support each other,” President Widodo expressed his gratitude on PM Suga’s visit.
The two leaders have discussed some issues during bilateral meeting such as pandemic handling cooperation including vaccine regime.
“I welcome the signing of cooperation agreement on health between Indonesia and japan on Oct.19,” President Widodo said after the meeting.
He said Indonesia and Japan have similar vision on multilateralism on covid-19 vaccine including equal and accessible vaccine.
“I invite Japan to strengthen health management in the region to face future pandemic including the forming of Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] Center for Public Health Emergency and Emerging Disease,” said the president who marks his one-year in office in the second term on Oct.20.
Both leaders agreed on the important of forming travel corridor agreement (TCA) for business essential that is expected to be finalized within one month. Foreign ministers of the two countries will discuss further about TCA.
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