COORDINATING MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

PRESS CONFERENCE
HM.4.6/651/SET.M.EKON.3/11/2022

At the ASEAN-Canada Memorial Summit, President Joko Widodo invites Canada to become a concrete partner of ASEAN for the implementation of the AOIP

Phnom Penh, November 12, 2022

The partnership between ASEAN and Canada is entering its 45th year, but so far it is still in the mechanism of dialogue partners. In order to increase the ASEAN-Canada partnership to become a strategic partnership, it is necessary to formulate the substance by presenting more concrete cooperation. This was conveyed by President Joko Widodo who was accompanied by Coordinating Minister of Economy Airlangga Hartarto during the ASEAN-Canada Memorial Summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday (12/11).

“Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific context can be one to start up project between ASEAN and Canada,” President Jokowi said at the summit attended by ASEAN leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

According to President Joko Widodo, security issues in the Indo-Pacific region are very important, but economic and development issues are no less so.

“The ASEAN Indo-Pacific Outlook (AOIP) has four priorities for cooperation, namely connectivity, maritime, achievement of the SDGs and investment trade. Canada can concretely become a partner in the ASEAN in the implementation of AOIP,” said President Joko Widodo.

On this occasion, President Joko Widodo also invited Canada to participate in the Indo-Pacific Infrastructure Forum to be held next year under Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2023. “Indonesia invites Canada to participate at the forum,” said President Joko Widodo.

Furthermore, on this occasion, President Joko Widodo also said that in the midst of a world that is not conducive, it is even more important to fill it with mutually beneficial concrete cooperations.

Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Mahfud MD, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Secretary of State Minister Pratikno (dep7/ltg/fsr/hls)

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