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VOInews,Jakarta: Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia, Timor Leste and ASEAN, Daniel Blockert pointed out that Indonesia has become an attractive market for Swedish investors. On the sidelines of the launch of the 2024 Health Services Platform which is part of the Sweden-Indonesia Sustainable Partnership (SISP) in Jakarta on Friday (26/4), he also explained that currently, there are Swedish companies producing in Indonesia and investing in various fields.

According to  Ambassador Daniel, Swedish investors have high optimism because Indonesia has carried out a number of reforms that support the investment climate in the country. With many facilities offered by Indonesia, Ambassador Daniel Blockert admitted that he would be very surprised if foreign investment from Sweden in Indonesia does not increase.

“Indonesia is an interesting market for Swedish companies. We have Swedish companies who are already producing in Indonesia. We have companies who are investing in other areas here as well. And I hear that there are many Swedish companies who are interested in getting into this market more. I don't think that I will insult anyone if I'm saying that the Indonesian health sector has not always been easy to navigate but I think that what I'm hearing when I talked to the Swedish companies is that there is a lot of optimism because reforms have been made and reforms are also on the way and I think that the general sense from the business communities that these are big steps in the right direction. And with this market, with these possibilities that you have here with the large number of universities, I would be very surprised if Swedish investments in the health sector are not going to increase in Indonesia for the coming years. It is safe to say that there are a lot of interests,” he pointed out.

Furthermore, since 2020, Indonesia and Sweden have increased bilateral cooperation of both countries through the Sweden-Indonesia Sustainable Partnership (SISP) scheme which aims to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Targets (SDGs) set by the UN.

Previously, Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin stated that the Indonesian government encourages to increase relations between Indonesian and Swedish business actors to improve the quality of health services in Indonesia. He believes that the business community has an important role in making this effort a success, facilitated by the government. (Ndy/ Mar/AF/Rahmana)