-Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Serbia have agreed to step up cooperation in avoiding double taxation between the two countries.
"We are happy to receive Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic to discuss various bilateral issues related to political, economic, social, and cultural cooperation," Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Monday.
In addition, Marty said the two countries also discussed global and regional issues in Central Europe and Southeast Asia.
Marty said Indonesia and Serbia had a long lasting cooperation especially in the Non-Aligned Movement.
On the occasion Marty also invited his Serbian counterpart to participate as observer in the upcoming Non-Aligned meeting in the island resort of Bali from May 25-27, 2011.
In a joint press conference, the Serbian foreign minister said it was his second visit to Indonesia.
"It is my second visit to Indonesian and I will come here again this year to attend the Non-Aligned meeting in Bali. Concerning Serbia and Indonesian relations, we have had mutual need for a long time," Jeremic said.
The Serbian foreign minister pointed out that the future of bilateral relation and cooperation between his country and Indonesia would be brighter.
"We have discussed bilateral cooperation in education, economy, and social, and we also invited Indonesia to visit Serbia to discuss further cooperation," Jeremic said.
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