JAKARTA - The Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) said that an Indonesian delegation held a series of bilateral meetings with several countries to discuss trade and investment relations on the sidelines of the 14th Ministerial Conference (KTM) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on March 26-29, 2026 in Yaounde, Cameroon.
The Ministry of Trade's Expert on International Relations and leader of the Indonesian delegation, Johni Martha, said that this meeting aims to share views on crucial issues and improve cooperation.
"We have held bilateral meetings with Germany, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, the European Union (EU) and the Netherlands on the sidelines of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference to share views on crucial issues discussed at the 14th Ministerial Conference and to increase bilateral trade cooperation," said Johni as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, March 30.
He said that these countries have the same view regarding the importance of the WTO and the need for reform to make it more relevant in today's global situation.
In a number of bilateral meetings, Johni was accompanied by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia II PTRI Geneva/Ambassador Rl to the WTO Nur Rahman Setyoko and Director of World Trade Organization Negotiations at the Ministry of Trade Dina Kurniasari.
In addition to discussing the issues of the 14th WTO KTM, the meeting also became a momentum to increase mutually beneficial trade and investment cooperation.
With the EU, the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany, both parties agreed to use the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA) mechanism to discuss issues and efforts to improve trade relations. These countries support that the implementation process of the I-EU CEPA can be carried out immediately.
Furthermore, Johni said Indonesia and these countries also agreed that business actors in each country could increase cooperation between business actors. This can be done through business matching or other trade promotions.
With Saudi Arabia, both countries agreed to encourage the Indonesian-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) CEPA negotiations to be completed soon.
In particular, the Swedish delegation also conveyed the agenda plan of the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria to visit Jakarta in September 2026 to increase Indonesian-Swedish investment and trade.
In addition, the delegation from Germany encouraged that the 2nd Meeting of the Joint Economic and Investment Committee (JEIC) Indonesia-Germany could be carried out immediately on the first opportunity.
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