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Indonesia, Argentina agree to bolster ties
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed Argentina President Mauricio Macri at the Bogor Palace in West Java on Wednesday, which marked Macri’s first visit to Indonesia since he took office in 2015.
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (second right) points something out to visiting Argentinian President Mauricio Macri (second left) at the Bogor Palace in West Java on Wednesday. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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ndonesia and Argentina have renewed their commitment to bolstering bilateral ties with wide-ranging partnerships that are expected to improve both economic and people-to-people relations between the two countries.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo welcomed Argentina President Mauricio Macri at the Bogor Palace in West Java on Wednesday, which marked Macri’s first visit to Indonesia since he took office in 2015.
The bilateral meeting between the two leaders largely focused on economic matters, including measures to improve trade and cooperation in agriculture and strategic industry.
“We have discussed various measures to balance the trade relations between the two countries, including through a countertrade [scheme],” Jokowi said in a joint press briefing with Macri.
Jokowi, who in the past has encouraged more exports to nontraditional markets, including to Latin America, asserted Argentina’s strategic position as the second-biggest trade partner of Indonesia in Latin America.
Bilateral trade between Jakarta and Buenos Aires was recorded at US$1.68 billion in 2018, a 17.96 percent increase from 2017.
Exports from Indonesia to Argentina mostly comprises footwear and rubber-made products.
