Probowo Subianto Presiden : I would like to say that today we have achieved a breakthrough.

The jakarta, indonesiapos.net.

First of all, it is a great honor for me to be here, to be received by the European Commission. And, I would like, once again, to apologize for visiting you on a Sunday.

I know this is very out of the ordinary. So, this is a really great honor that you give me and also a great sacrifice, but I think this also shows the .

Importance that we attach to the relationship between Indonesia and the European Union.

I would like to say that today we have achieved a breakthrough. After 10 years of negotiations, we have concluded the agreement to have a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement which basically is a free trade agreement.

We have achieved many, many agreements, basically that we will accommodate each other’s economic interests and we find them basically mutually symbiotic.

Europe is a leader in science, technology, finance. We have critical resources. So, the partnership between Europe and Indonesia, Indonesia also being a large part of ASEAN.

I think this will be a very, very, very, very important contribution to economic and geopolitical stability in the world.

We consider Europe to be very important for us, that is why we would like to see more European presence and more European participation in our economy.

“And, I am very happy to see our respective ministers and commissioners achieving, I would say, strategic breakthroughs”, satd Probowo Subianto just EU.

According to, so that, basically we have no item of disagreement between the EU and Indonesia. Great. That is basically the conclusion that we have today.

“So, I am very happy. I think in this era of instability or confusion, I think we are setting a right example”, said.

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