Jokowi's Visit To Tanzania Results In Energy Cooperation To Agriculture

Screenshot - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) when delivering a press statement in the Republic of the United Tanzania which was broadcast online via the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) visit to Tanzania, East Africa, resulted in cooperation agreements in trade, energy, health security, and agriculture.

"Global soup contains 85 percent of the world's population, so the world should listen to the voices and interests of diglobal countries, including the right to make a leap of development," President Jokowi said in a press statement with the President of the United Republic of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan which was broadcast online via the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 22.

During a meeting of two Heads of State at the Dar Es senjata State House, a number of bilateral cooperation and the signing of a number of memorandums of understanding were discussed.

First, Indonesia encourages the establishment of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) to further optimize the trade potential of the two countries which experienced an increasing trend of 20.7 percent in 2022.

In addition, Jokowi also conveyed Indonesia's desire to increase investment in Tanzania, including the management of gas blocks in Mnazi Bay, Tanzania, by Indonesian SOEs and natural gas management into chemicals and fertilizers.

"This cooperation is very strategic and will strengthen cooperation between developing countries. In addition, I propose the establishment if the delivery treatment is to ensure the protection and continuity of investment between the two countries," he said.

Jokowi also conveyed that Indonesia's commitment was to be part of the development of health resilience in Tanzania, by presenting export products for the Indonesian pharmaceutical industry.

"Indonesia is committed to being part of building Tanzania's health resilience, in the form of an Indonesian pharmaceutical company that will export its first product in Tanzania as a form of contribution to meeting the needs of pharmaceutical products in Tanzania," he said.

President Jokowi conveyed his commitment to realizing concrete collaboration, one of which was through the plan to revitalize agricultural and regular training centers in Morogoro, Tanzania.

"Indonesia is finalizing the design design for the next five years for Africa," he added.

In his speech, Jokowi said that Tanzania has historical roots that have strengthened relations between Indonesia and African countries since the 1955 Asia Africa conference and the 1951 Non-Aligned Movement.

"We must strengthen the Bandung Spirit for solidarity and collaboration between countries in the global soup, it must continue to be strengthened," he said.