Visiting Japan, Sri Mulyani Reveals Indonesia is Full of Praises in the Midst of Global Difficult Conditions

JAKARTA - The Minister of Finance (Minister of Finance) Sri Mulyani revealed that the Indonesian Government received a number of compliments from businessmen and the Japanese government when she made a working visit to the country.

This was stated by the Minister of Finance when giving information to the media crew through a virtual channel directly from Tokyo.

"Indonesia's presidency at the G20 was declared very successful last year and then linked to Indonesia's chairmanship in ASEAN this year," she said on Tuesday, February 14.

Minister of Finance explained, in this context, she conveyed progress and a good process of economic recovery with a recorded growth of 5.3 percent, healthier fiscal instruments with a sharp reduction in the deficit to 2.34 percent of GDP.

"At the same time, we also remain vigilant but optimistic about the steps being taken by the government, such as downstream, human resource development, and transformation in the energy sector. All of this is the main attraction of the questions in Japan," she said.

The Minister of Finance also said that global geopolitical conditions still largely determine the direction of the economy going forward, such as increasing tensions between China and America and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

For this reason, the state treasury encourages all parties to continue to improve communication and strategic cooperation in order to get out of the pressure together.

"We will take advantage of the ASEAN Agreement pathway this year which is expected to provide a platform for cooperation and increased trust between various parties. We will continue to do this the same as in the G20," he said.

VOI noted that during her two-day visit to Japan, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani met with various strategic stakeholders, such as a meeting with the Japan Keidanren Business Federation, a meeting with the Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Corp. Takehiko Kakiuchi.

Then, a meeting with the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tanaka Akihiko to a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Minister of Finance Shun'ichi Suzuki.