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Indonesia, Denmark affirm commitments on green cooperation
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo plants mangroves with members of the local community at Raja Kecik Beach, Bengkalis regency, Riau, on Sept. 28.
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ndonesia and Denmark signed on Monday a four-year plan of action that outlined environmental cooperation between the two countries, including support for mangrove rehabilitation, the green energy transition and waste management.
Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, in his first official visit to the country, signed the document with Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Jakarta.
“We want the world to become more green and more sustainable,” he said at the joint statement after the signing of the document. “In the post-pandemic recovery, we agree that the world should focus on building back better and greener.”
The plan contains 86 points of action that aim to expand the two countries’ existing cooperative focus on energy, waste management, the circular economy and food and agriculture, he said.
Kofod added that Indonesia and Denmark shared the desire to maintain a stable maritime environment and shared a commitment to a rules-based world order underpinned by multilateral and international cooperation.
The two countries are also looking to upgrade their defense cooperation at both the government and business levels.
Retno said the renewed plan of action would allow the two countries to collaborate more concretely, including with regard to the economic recovery and green partnerships.
