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Singapore honoured to be invited to this year's G-20 summit: PM Lee
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo extended the invitation to attend this year's meeting to Lee during the annual leaders' retreat, which was held in Bintan.
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This handout photo released by the Presidential Palace shows Indonesia's President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo (right) posing with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) prior to their leader’s meeting in Bintan island, across the Singapore Strait dividing the two countries, on January 25, 2022. (AFP/Laily Rachev)
Singapore is honored to be invited by Indonesia to attend this year's Group of 20 (G-20) summit, and will do its best to contribute to discussions there, the country's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo extended the invitation to attend this year's meeting to Lee during the annual leaders' retreat, which was held in Bintan, Riau Islands province.
At a joint press conference following the signing of a number of of bilateral agreements, Lee said as quoted by The Straits Times: "We look forward to supporting Indonesia's G-20 chairmanship and making it a success."
Indonesia and Singapore signed on Tuesday a raft of a bilateral agreements include one on extradition, a move that Jakarta expects to help authorities in their effort to bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore billions of dollars in state money.
Senior cabinet ministers from both countries also signed bilateral agreements covering airspace and defence.
The issue of extradition has long been a frustration for Indonesia because of concerns about the difficulty of bringing some fugitives accused of embezzling large sums during the Asian financial crisis to justice.
"The extradition treaty will enhance cooperation and combating crime and send a clear, positive signal to investors," Lee said at the signing ceremony.
Under the extradition agreement, people who had committed 31 types of crime will be liable to be extradited and it will apply to offences committed up to 18 years ago, a statement from Ministry for Investment and Maritime Affairs said.
The agreement would also mean that people would not be able to escape justice by changing their citizenship, it said.
"Therefore, the implementation of the criminal extradition agreement will create a deterrence effect for felonies in Indonesia and Singapore," Reuters quoted the ministry's statement.
