"It is time for us to forge a comprehensive strategic partnership. A comprehensive strategic partnership must include concrete cooperation that can only be realized through increased engagement, including at the leaders` level," President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) remarked in a speech during a bilateral meeting of Indonesia and India at the Merdeka Palace here on Wednesday.
According to Jokowi, the two countries need to welcome a comprehensive strategic partnership by working harder for a mutually beneficial relationship.
Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi is visiting Indonesia to provide new strength and spirit to the 70-year bilateral relationship to be commemorated in 2019.
The president also lauded the ongoing improvement in relations between Indonesia and India.
"This visit is very timely amid the emergence of a lot of global uncertainties in the world, and I hope this partnership would be able to contribute to stability, peace, and welfare of the world," the president stated.
Prime Minister Modi is on an official visit to Indonesia on May 29-31, 2018. Modi will meet with several CEOs to explore potential business.
In addition, Prime Minister Modi will meet the Indian diaspora at the Jakarta Convention Center.
(KR-LWA/INE)
(T.SYS/B/KR-BSR/C/A014)
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