German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Immediately Visits Indonesia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the opening of the Indonesian Pavilion at Hannover Messe 2023 (ANTARA/HO-Secretariat President-Muchlis Jr/pri.)

JAKARTA - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Indonesia. Preparations for the visit are being prepared by both parties.

This was conveyed by Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi after meeting with the German delegation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Tuesday, September 19.

Retno has not been able to confirm when the visit will take place because both parties are still preparing for the visit.

However, Retno said preparations for the meeting of the two leaders had already begun, including plans to hold a meeting of Indonesian and German foreign ministers in full format in Germany in November 2023.

"We will still discuss the timing, but we have started preparing for the visit ourselves," said Retno in an official transcript of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 20.

President Joko Widodo met with Chancellor Scholz while attending the Hannover Messe 2023 exhibition in Germany last April.

The two leaders held bilateral meetings by discussing investment and economic cooperation, including discussing negotiations on the Indonesia-EU trade agreement (IEU-CEPA).

Jokowi and Scholz also discussed the implementation of the funding for the Fair Energy Transition Cooperation (JETP), which has not been realized since its launch at the end of last year.

JET Padalah komitmen pendanaan dari negara-negara maju G7, yang berkutan AS, Jepang, Jerman, Inggris, Prancis, Italia dan Kanada, ditambah Denmark dan Norwegia, untuk mendukung decarbonisasi Indonesia dalam sektor energi dengan pendanaan 10 miliar dolar AS (Rp152,46 triliun).

Jokowi's visit to Germany also resulted in a Joint Declaration of Intent in The Feed of Digitalization between the Ministry of Communication and Information and the Ministry of Digital Affairs and German Transformation to support the development of digital transformation.

Indonesia also pocketed 18 deals worth approximately IDR 27.9 trillion in several sectors such as energy transition, investment, innovation start-up.

This will be Scholzke Indonesia's second visit after meeting Jokowi while attending the G20 Summit in Bali in November 2022.