Vice President Puji Singapore: Partners Important To Indonesia!

Vice President (Wapres) Maruf Amin. (Photo: Setwapres)

JAKARTA - Indonesian Vice President Maruf Amin discussed the follow-up to the cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore in his meeting with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob at the Presidential Palace in Singapore.

"Singapore and Indonesia have built good cooperation so far and strengthened by the existence of three agreements that have recently been completed," said Vice President Ma'ruf in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday, January 16.

The vice president revealed that Indonesia and Singapore recently entered into several cooperation agreements, such as the Flight Information Region (FIR) and the Defense Cooperation Agreement which further strengthen relations between the two countries.

For Indonesia, continued the Vice President, Singapore is one of the most important partners in its existence.

"Singapore is an important partner for Indonesia," he said.

Ma'ruf Amin explained the results of his meeting with Singaporean President Halimah Yacob to discuss cooperation in various fields, such as education, social, and culture.

"I also talked about the implementation of educational, social, cultural cooperation, which had been agreed upon or there were some that had been made into an agreement. I ask that what has been agreed can be implemented further," he said.

The Vice President has high hopes for increasing cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore, especially in the field of education.

"We hope (to increase) cooperation with Singapore, especially in the fields of vocational education, work, internships, and also various other forms of education," explained the Vice President.

Present with the President of Singapore, namely Principal Private Secretary to the President Lee May Gee, Press Secretary to the President Bey Mui Leng, Deputy Director (Indonesia) Minister of Foreign Affairs Terrence Teo, and Country Officer (Indonesia) Minister of Foreign Affairs Yeo Jong Han.

Meanwhile, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin was accompanied by Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore Suryo Pratomo, Head of the Secretariat of Vice President Ahmad Erani Yustika, Special Staff to the Vice President Masduki Baidlowi, and Director of Southeast Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mirza Nurhidayat.