This is a visiting program for journalists developed by the foreign ministry."
Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Eight journalists from African and Pacific countries visited Bank Papua on Tuesday to learn about economic developments in the region.

"This is a visiting program for journalists developed by the foreign ministry. We brought our foreign journalist friends here to see the technical cooperation we have initiated. Yesterday, we visited Sukabumi (West Java) to see fish breeding and discuss its application in Africa," Titania Arimbi, head of foreign media accreditation of the ministry of foreign affairs, said.

She noted that it was hoped the program could help spread information about development, from tourism to investment sectors, throughout the regions of Indonesia and to other countries.

"Our target is that they would report current development in Indonesia in their media to attract foreign tourists to come to Indonesia and to open opportunities for businesses to come here," she said.

She added that this is an annual program, under which representatives from media in certain regions are invited so that information about Indonesia will spread across the world.

"We invite journalists by region. After Europe, we invited Africa and Pacific, and later Asia. They come in turn every year," he said.

Bank Papua president director Johan Kafiar praised the visit, saying, "I am glad to have foreign journalists coming to Papua and we hope they could later report that Papua is continuing its progress, in terms of the economy and others."

He said the journalists asked about this strategy to improve the nations economy.

The eight journalists that came to Papua are Timoci Tavaiviti Vula from Fiji Times (Fiji), Rasoamaromaka Rejo Mparany Hasin-Tsifa from Radio National Madagascar (Mdagascar), Royson Willie from Vanuatu Daily Post (Vanuatu), Anthony Mochama Ontita from The Standart (Kenya), Mashaka Bonifas Mgeta from The Guardian Tanzania (Tanzania), Alfred Solomon Sasoko and Loji Mathias Alva from Islands Sun Newspaper (Solomon Islands) and Elias Aweke Tedesse from Focus Magazine (Ethiopia).

(Reporting by Dhias Suwandi/Uu.INE/KR-BSR/F001)

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