This was revealed in a business luncheon held by the Indonesian embassy in London with the cooperation of Bank Indonesia and Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland, recently, embassy third secretary, Landry Subianto, said in a press release on Tuesday.
In his official visit to Ireland, the ambassador was in the company of Deputy d Deputi Director for Monetary Policy Doddy Zulverdi and head of Bank Indonesia`s payments balance bureau, and the Trade Attache and BI and BKPM representatives in London, besides holding the business luncheon, also had a series of meetings with business people and bankers in Dublin.
Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic Yuri O. Thamrin during the business luncheon explained the latest economic developments in Indonesia including and achievements in various fields like good, trade and finance.
In the meantime, Doddy Zulverdi in the business luncheon presented Indonesia`s experience of successfully coming out of the 1997 economic crisis.
Discussions were held lively reflecting the wishes of many circles in Ireland to learn from Indonesia in facing the financial and economic crisis.
In the meantime, in the meetings with financial circles, the ambassador exchanged views and listen to an explanation on Ireland`s experience in developing itself into a world and European financial and industrial center by Mark Fitzgerald, Chief Operating Officer of Citibank Europe Plc and chairman of the Irish Association of Exporters.
In the meeting also attended by Chief Executive of the Irish Funds Industry Association Gary Palmer, the possibility of cooperation between the financial and banking sectors between the two countries was also explored.
The ambassador and entourage also had a discussion with former Irish Financial Minister Alan Dukes, who is now chairman of the Anglo Irish Bank. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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