Indonesia has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting
Myanmar’s political reforms as foreign ministers of both countries met in
Yangon on Wednesday.
Indonesian Foreign Minister
Marty Natalegawa met with his Myanmarese counterpart U Wunna Maung Lwin in the
second forum of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), the
first of which was held in 2007.
Marty said Indonesia and
Myanmar had agreed to work on priority areas, namely politics, economy and
cooperation within Asean. Indonesia is currently chairing Asean, while Myanmar
is set to take up the reins of the regional leadership post in 2014.
“In the political area,
Indonesia expressed its readiness to continue working closely with Myanmar in
promoting democratization and government reforms, especially through various
capacity building programs,” Marty told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
“Indonesia’s interest is to
share with Myanmar its lessons learned in dealing with challenges, especially
in relation to ethnic conflicts,” he added.
The international community has
praised Indonesia for its transformation from authoritarian state to democracy
since the fall of Soeharto in 1998.
A statement from the Foreign
Ministry specified that Indonesia had offered Myanmar technical support and
capacity building in the fields of good governance, democracy and human rights
among others.
Marty said Indonesia and
Myanmar were committed to boosting two-way trade and working on food security.
“We want to achieve the target
of US$500 million in bilateral trade volume by 2015, to promote direct
investment in various areas, including infrastructure and tourism, and to
[boost] cooperation in forestry, agriculture and fishery.”
According to the Trade
Ministry, two-way trade between Indonesia and Myanmar stood at $173 million in
the first nine months of the year.
Both ministers agreed on the
importance of maintaining peace and stability in the East Asia and Asia-Pacific
regions, which are seen as the engines of global growth.
Erwida Maulia and Mustaqim
Adamrah
The Jakarta Post
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