Australian Ambassador to Indonesia visit to Central Java -
Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Penny Williams PSM makes her first official visit to Central Java. During her visit, Ambassador Williams meet with the Deputy Governor of Central Java, Taj Yasin Maimoen and the Mayor of Semarang, Hendrar Prihadi.
“I am happy to be able to make my first official visit to Central Java, so that I can learn more and deepen relations with Australia,” said Ambassador Williams.
According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday (14/03/22), the focus of this visit is to explore opportunities for cooperation in various sectors, including investment opportunities related to the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership (IA-CEPA) as the recovery of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic; and opportunities to collaborate in the education and culture.
“As the third largest province in Indonesia, with a dynamic business and education world, Central Java is an area that has a lot of potential. I am very interested in exploring these opportunities in an effort to build better economic and inter-community relations close relationship between Central Java and Australia.”
While in Semarang, Ambassador Williams will also visit the Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation Jakarta (JCLEC) and met with representatives from the Indonesian National Police and Australian Federal Police. JCLEC was founded by the governments of Australia and Indonesia in 2004. JCLEC has become the center important regional law enforcement training. More than 28,000 people from 80 countries have completed training at JCLEC in handling transnational crimes including terrorism, human trafficking and cybercrime//VOI