President Jokowi: Indonesia Continues To Support Post-pandemic Recovery Efforts

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that Indonesia will continue to support recovery efforts after the COVID-19 pandemic. This was conveyed by the President in his online remarks at The Future of Asia Conference, witnessed in Jakarta, Friday, May 27 evening. "We will continue to support post-pandemic recovery efforts," said President Jokowi as quoted by Antara. First, the President said, at the bilateral level, Indonesia continues to seek to strengthen economic cooperation, especially with its strategic partners. He gave an example of economic cooperation between Indonesia and Japan. In the President's bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Jakarta April 2022, Indonesia and Japan agreed to further strengthen economic partnerships, and increase trade and investment beyond pre-pandemic trends. Indonesia and Japan agreed to expand market access and overcome trade barriers, especially product exports. agriculture and fisheries in Indonesia. Second, Indonesia will continue to work together within the ASEAN framework. Indonesia will continue to encourage ASEAN countries to work hard together to better be able to enjoy the global value chain in order to be able to climb the ladder of progress. The President stressed that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which was approved two years ago, needs to be implemented immediately to strengthen regional economic integration. mutually beneficial.

"The implementation of RCEP has the potential to increase the regional economy by 10 percent in the next five years and contribute US$187 billion to regional GDP," said the President. Third, as the holder of the 2022 G20 Presidency, Indonesia wants to ensure that the G20 becomes a catalyst for global economic recovery. there are three important sectors that will become priorities for the Indonesian Presidency, namely strengthening the global health architecture; energy transition to ensure technology support, investment, energy transition financing, green development especially for developing countries; and digital transformation to strengthen new sources of growth and expand economic opportunities, including for MSMEs. "We hope that 2022 can be the year of recovery, the year of recovery. Once again I hope that the conference participants will produce ideas and breakthroughs for accelerating recovery and global awakening, " he said.