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Motocross track and bicycle racing are the next sporting targets which have been initiated by the West Pesisir Youth and Sports regional Department of Youth and Sport Ministry to attract athletes from all over the world. This was revealed by the Head of the West Pesisir Youth and Sports Department, Ruslan Samad on Friday, May 5, 2019 at Tanjung Setia Beach, Lampung Province.

"Aside from surfing, the plan is to develop sports so that the West Pesisir regency is visited by national and world level sportsmen, among others, we have communicated with Ministry of Youth and Sports that here we will build a track for racing.Then, we have been proposed from the Ministry to carry out cycling activities" Ruslan said. 

Ruslan added that his side began to build track racing in the North Pesisir region.In addition, the cycling track is being designed so that it can be the venue for international cycle racing competitions. (NK/PUTRI)

Indonesian Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Minister, Sofyan Djalil said that bilateral relations between Indonesia and Azerbaijan are growing more in various fields. The Minister said this when attending the 101st Anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Commemoration of 100 Years of Azerbaijani Diplomatic Service in Jakarta, Monday (Apr 29). He further said that in the economic field, the trade value of the two countries amounted more than 500 million US Dollars in 2018. He hoped that in the future the two countries would further enhance the partnerships in trade and investment, especially in the energy sector. He also reminded about the importance of people to people contact, in enhancing the partnership between the two countries.

"In this regard we welcome initiative to further promote people to people contact through various social cultural coorporation  between the two countries. Among other are the establishment of center of Indonesia studies in Baku and Azerbaijan corner in Jakarta. the annual Indonesia cultural Festival in Baku, as well as development of pencak silat (martial art)  in Azerbaijan. I confident this milestone will further strengthen the friendship and mutual understanding between the people of Indonesia and Azerbaijan" Sofyan Djalil said. 

Moreover, Minister Sofyan Djalil further hoped that the bilateral partnership between Indonesia and Azerbaijan will increase in the upcoming years. On the same occasion, Vice Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ruslan Nasibov emphasized that high-level political relations between the two countries are based on the principles of friendship, mutual respect and cooperation. He said in 2019, Azerbaijan will chair the Non-Aligned Movement (GNB) and will hold the Movement Summit on  October 21 to 26, 2019// Sekar/ Trs: AF

ASEAN and its associated entities discussed the progress they have made and how they could strengthen collaboration in achieving a more integrated and people-focused ASEAN at the 3^rd Forum of Entities Associated with ASEAN held in Jakarta, on Monday April 29th 2019. To Voice of Indonesia, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, Dr. AKP Mochtan said that this forum is to engage with all the entities and to eemhance the dialogue between the member countries.

"I'm very happy that we are having this third forum of the entities associated with ASEAN. This forum is actually to engage with all entities and to enhance dialogue between them. We are previllege to have Thailand  as the chair of ASEAN participating very strong delegation from Bangkok Including actually the DG (development goals) of the ASEAN affairs who will present the ASEAN chairmanship under Thailand. So this is going to be exciting event and we are very happy to have very good attendance to this meeting. This is not only Indonesia and Thailand but this is the entire member states and later on we will have all the ambassadors the committee of permanent representatives also present and to have interface with the entities" Deputy said. 

Dr. AKP Mochtan added that given the diversity among ASEAN entities as well as the expansive scopes covered by the entities, there is a big role of ASEAN entities can be played to ensure agility and inclusiveness in the process of regional integration. In her opening remarks, Permanent Representative of Thailand to ASEAN Phasporn Sangasubana stated that the forum is a useful initiative by ASEAN Secretariat, as it provides a platform for the entities to interact with the Secretariat as the essence of ASEAN. Phasporn believed that this platform will help to strengthen ASEAN community building// NK 

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on coordination and cooperation in the context of supporting the implementation of duties and functions of the energy and mineral resources, as well as environment and forestry sector, in Jakarta Monday (Apr 29). In a press conference held at the Manggala Wanabakti Building, Monday (Apr29), Minister Siti Nurbaya mentioned the points that become the focus of the cooperation.

"There are a number of points that specifically mentioned in its scope, namely the implementation of forest reclamation and rehabilitation of watersheds by holders of using license of forest areas. Then controlling of licensing arrangements of forest areas, and synchronizing the use of forest areas for energy and mining activities. In the conservation area there are around 20 gigawatts of geothermal sources. So, we have agreed to support energy from geothermal, by still maintaining preservation" Minister Siti said. 

Minister Siti Nurbaya added that regarding climate change control and the implementation of National Determined Contribution (NDC) and energy, the Indonesian government has committed to reduce emissions by 29% through its own efforts and 41% with international assistance. This Memorandum of Understanding is also very strategic value, because it will initiate a cooperation between the apparatus that has been implemented so far. The cooperation will also be followed up with a Cooperation Agreement between Echelon I or Head of the Work Units in accordance with their authority//voi/nuke