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Minister of Tourism, Arief Yahya underscored that the cooperation between Indonesia and Hungary has improved in recent years. Speaking at the celebration of the 170th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution in Jakarta on Wednesday (14/03), Minister Arief Yahya said that the increased cooperation between the two countries has covered many sectors, ranging from information technology to tourism sector. However, he emphasized that there is an opportunity for both countries to enhance the bilateral cooperation. Minister Arief Yahya also said that there was an increase of 8.9 percent of the total trade value of Indonesia and Hungary in 2017. This has not shown the true potential of the cooperation between the two countries, given that there is open space for the development of bilateral relations between Indonesia and Hungary.

“In 2017, the forum of bilateral trade reached 133 million dollar. Increased of 8.9 percent from previous year. That figure does not reflect the real potential of Indonesia and Hungary. The two countries have a huge room to boost cooperation in various sectors such as in the technology of information and communication, health, defense, energy, agriculture, fishery, education, and most of all my favorite the tourism industry,” Arief Yahya said.

Previously, Chief of Presidential Staff, Moeldoko said that foreign direct investment from European Union -EU countries is the second largest in Indonesia. In fact, the EU is also Indonesia's fourth largest trading partner. Upon receiving 21 EU Ambassadors at the Office of the Presidential Staff, Moeldoko called for the ambassadors of the EU countries to be more optimistic to invest in Indonesia. (VOI / Ndy / AHM / Trans by Rhm)