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President Joko Widodo held a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida at The Apurva Kempinski Bali, Monday (14/11).

“The world's hopes are very high for the G20 as a catalyst for global recovery. The success of the G20 is the collective responsibility of all G20 countries," said the President.

Regarding economic cooperation with Japan, President Joko Widodo is pushing for the completion of the IJEPA (Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement).

"The performance of our economic cooperation is quite good. I am sure this performance will be better if we can finish the IJEPA soon,” he said.

Another thing that President Joko.Widodo discussed was infrastructure development. He appreciated the signing of the memorandum of understanding for the continuation of the MRT phase 1 today and the cooperation for the MRT phase 3 study at the end of last October.

"I hope for Your Majesty's support so that the MRT project can be completed on time," said the President.

Cooperation in the region was also discussed at the bilateral meeting. President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia's chairmanship of ASEAN coincided with the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan. The President underlined the importance of continuing to maintain stability and peace in the region and building a green industry in the region.

"I encourage the concrete implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) synergy with the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Next year, Indonesia will also encourage the engagement of Pacific countries with ASEAN. Indonesia also wants to invite Japan to strengthen cooperation with countries in the Pacific," said the President.

At the Indonesia-Japan meeting, President Joko Widodo was accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif, and Director General of Asia Pacific and Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Kadir Jailani. (VOI)