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Envoy praises revival of EU-Indonesian legislature friendship group
EU Ambassador to Indonesia Vincent Guérend has praised the efforts to reactivate the EU-Indonesian legislature friendship group, which aims to develop further partnerships between the two parties.
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Closer cooperation – EU Ambassador to Indonesia Vincent Guérend (second from left), Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia founder Dino Patti Djalal (left), and CNN Senior News Anchor Desi Anwar are speakers in a public discussion themed 'Anticipating a World Under Duress' in Jakarta, on Dec.6. (Antara/Angga Pratama)
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U Ambassador to Indonesia Vincent Guérend has praised the efforts to reactivate the EU-Indonesian legislature friendship group, which aims to develop further partnerships between the two parties.
“The EU values the role of legislatures in bilateral relations. This is particularly true in the case of Indonesia, the third largest democracy in the world,” Guérend told The Jakarta Post in a statement on Wednesday.
“The revival of the Indonesia friendship group in the European Parliament is a significant contribution to better political and people-to-people contacts between the EU and Indonesia,” he further said.
The friendship group is a forum where Indonesian and European legislators can exchange views and experiences on cross-cutting issues of common concern. Currently the group has 22 members from the European Parliament, with more expected to join.
The agreement on the revival of the dormant legislature cooperation mechanism was signed during a working visit by Indonesian delegates led by Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi to Brussels last month.
The House, together with the People’s Consultative Assembly, is expected to form another friendship group as the counterpart to the European-led mechanism signed in Brussels. (ebf)
