Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a bilateral meeting with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, United States, Thursday (16/11/2023) local time. This was Jokowi’s first meeting with Bouarte.
“Glad to meet for the first time and congratulations on Peru’s chairmanship of APEC 2024, as well as Peru’s Pro Tempore Presidency of the Pacific Alliance, Indonesia is ready to support Peru’s chairmanship of APEC next year,” said Jokowi in a statement, Friday (17/11/2023).
On this occasion, Jokowi said that the value of trade between Indonesia and Peru in the last five years has shown good progress. Therefore, he asked for the support of the President of Peru for the formation of a free trade agreement so that it could be completed immediately.
“I hope that the first negotiations can be completed by the end of 2024 so that they can be announced on the sidelines of the 2024 APEC High Level Meeting in Peru,” he added.
Apart from that, the Head of State also asked for President Dina Boluarte’s support in the continuation of the Indonesia-Latin America and Caribbean Business Forum (INA-LAC) which will be held in 2024.
“We ask for your Excellency’s support for the smooth running of INA-LAC 2024 to strengthen the economic partnership between Indonesia and Latin America and the Caribbean,” he said.
Jokowi also encouraged the development of dialogue and cooperation between mineral producing countries to ensure the availability and added value of minerals and the sustainability of the global supply chain.
“Related critical minerals, “We need to build dialogue and cooperation with other mineral producing countries to guarantee availability and added value, encourage economic progress, and ensure the sustainability of the global supply chain,” he said.
During the meeting, the President of Peru agreed on the importance of the two countries increasing trade and investment cooperation. President Dina also invited Indonesian investors to invest in Peru.
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