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Indonesia and Japan have very close bilateral relationships. The relationships of the two countries have been established for more than six decades since Indonesia-Japan Peace Agreement on January 20, 1958.  Since that time, bilateral relations between the two countries have run well, including relationships of Japanase and Indonesian regional governments. One of the two countries’ relationships can be seen in a sister citycooperation between Yamanashi perfecture with Yogyakarta Special Region. To the press at Japanese Ambassador’s residence to Indonesia, Masafumi Ishii, in Jakarta on Monday (16/7), Governor of Yamanashi, Hitoshi Goto said he wanted the exchange relationships between Yamanashi perfecture and Indonesia can be increased in the future.

“Indonesia and Japan have very strong, very close relations. Besides that, I really love Indonesia. At least, I have visited Indonesia 30 times. I want the exchange of relations between Yamanashi and Indonesia can be increased,” Masafumi Ishii said.

Masafumi Ishiifurther explained that the partnership between Yamanashi and Indonesia, especially Yogyakarta,gives many benefits for the two countries, especially in tourism sector. In addition to the cooperation  of twin city with Yogyakarta, in tourism sector, Yamanashi  Perfecture has established cooperation with Garuda Indonesian airlines to increase connectivity between Yamanashi with other regions in Indonesia/. (VOI/REZHA/trs/yati/AHM)

A press release from the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said thatIndonesia is a vulnerable-to disaster-country. In the past 15 years, a number of disaster has increased by almost 20 fold.  There havebeen more than 2,300 disastersin 2017. In the disasters, children are most likely to become victims, because they cannot save themselves. In addition, they also have the potential to experience physical and psychological trauma due to the limited basic needs fulfillment during the evacuation. The Indonesian Ministry for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in cooperation with the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) held a Workshop with the theme "Child Protection in Disaster Emergency" in Jakarta, Tuesday (17/7). After opening the workshop, Minister for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Yohana Yembise said that the joint workshop of the Ministry and the board is a very strategic opportunity to discuss further in handling children and women issues in the disaster situation. 

"Children's growth and their protection are lack of concern. This is a very strategic opportunity. Through the workshop, we can share experiences, best practices, which can be used between the two ministries and institutions, including our ministry in handling the women and children issues," said Yohana Yembise.

Minister Yohana Yembise further said, so far she realized that the handling of child protection in disaster situation has not been maximized. Therefore, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection with the National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) continue to improve children protection in the disaster situation, at the stage of mitigation, emergency response, rehabilitation and reconstruction. These include preventingacts of violence such as being the target of child trafficking. (VOI/REZHA/Trs/Nada/AHM)

Indonesian Vice President, Jusuf Kalla received bilateral visit of Gambian Vice president, Ousaino Darboe at Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta, on Monday (16/7). In the meeting, Vice president Jusuf Kalla was accompanied by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister, Retno Marsudi. The aim of Vice president Darboe to Indonesia was to invite Indonesia attending the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit which will be conducted in November 2019 in Gambia. In addition, according to minister Retno Marsudi, Indonesia will assist Gambia to prepare the Summit through protocol training and  capacity building of police personnel.

“Our team from Ministry of Foreign Affairs will fly to Gambia to  help part of protocol. Secondly, the Police will probably conduct assessment on the need of capacity building for Gambian Police,” Retno Marsudi said.

Minister Retno Marsudi moreover added, the meeting of Indonesian and Gambian Vice Presidents also discussed the increasing of cooperation in the field of education, agriculture, and trade. In addition, Indonesia also asked Gambia  as member of Economic Community of West African Countries  (ECOWAS)  to support  the proposal  of  Trade Preferences Agreement in an effort to boost Indonesia's export performance to western Africa. Crude Palm Oil (CPO) is one of products which will become factor to increase export performance to west Africa. (VOI/REZHA/trs/yati/AHM)

The governments of Indonesia and Gambia forge cooperation in the protocol and security fields to host the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit in Gambia in November 2019.

As a host of the summit, which will be attended by delegations from 57 countries, Gambia needs assistance on capacity building for its security and protocol personnel, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.
" Indonesia has been providing training for the protocols since 2017, in order to prepare Gambia for hosting the OIC Summit this year. We have sent our protocol team to educate protocol officers in Gambia," she stated, after accompanying Vice President Jusuf Kalla to a meeting with his Gambian counterpart Ousainou Darboe in Jakarta, on Monday.

In the near future, Indonesia will continue sending protocol and security team to Gambia to conduct training and evaluation of the previous training. The assessment team consists of Foreign Ministry and police officers.

Darboe, who paid a courtesy call to Kalla, expressed his amazement over the protocol and security services of the Indonesian Government since his arrival in Jakarta on Sunday (July 15).

Such services and hospitality, which made him feel like home, are what the Gambian government wants to learn from Indonesia.

"We want to learn from the experience of the Indonesian experts in organizing a summit class event. Gambia is indeed the host, but Indonesia and Gambia will hold this together," Darboe told the press.

In addition to discussing the OIC Summit, Darboe and Kalla also discussed about the improvement of bilateral cooperation.

"Gambian vice president will visit Indonesia to deliver an invitation for the OIC Summit, and, of course, (we talked about) efforts to improve Indonesia-Gambia relations," Kalla pointed out. (ANTARA)