Meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister, Jokowi discusses rice import cooperation in Indonesia

Published 2024년 3월 6일

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet to discuss various areas of cooperation, including food security and rice imports. Widodo urged for the renewal of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) related to rice trade and counter-trade mechanisms. He also expressed Indonesia's readiness to contribute to Cambodia's railway and infrastructure sector, and called for increased trade and investment cooperation. On the topic of human trafficking, Widodo emphasized the need for greater cooperation and the implementation of an MoU aimed at eradicating transnational crime by 2023. He also underscored the importance of implementing the ASEAN agreement and resolving the crisis in Myanmar.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) discussed cooperation in the field of food security, including rice imports, during a bilateral meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday (5/3 /2024). Jokowi also encouraged the completion of the renewal of the MoU on Rice Trade Cooperation and the MoU on the Establishment of a Counter-Trade Mechanism to agree on the price and quantity of imported rice. "Implementation of the Agricultural MoU also needs to be immediately encouraged, especially the follow-up to increasing agricultural management capacity, irrigation, as well as investment in rice processing and storage," said Jokowi, quoted from a press release from the Presidential Secretariat. In this bilateral meeting, Jokowi also encouraged increased trade and investment cooperation through developing connectivity and infrastructure, both in the air and sea sectors. Regarding investment, Jokowi said that ...
Source: Republika

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