"On behalf of my delegation, I thank and appreciate the warm welcome that has been given to us. I came here bringing regards from my people, with hope that cooperation and friendship would increase in the future," President Yudhoyono said before the meeting.
President Yudhoyono added that relations between the two countries would continue to expand, especially in the field of economics, which he said has great potential.
"Last year, President Nazarbayev visited Indonesia and, since then, real progress has been recorded, and I come now to continue this progress. There will be agreements that will be signed in the fields of investment, education, energy, food, culture and even security. Kazakhstan`s economy has grown well, and so has Indonesia`s economy. We hope relations would continue to develop," he said.
President Nazarbayev, meanwhile, said Indonesia is Kazakhstan`s partner and he hoped relations between the two countries would continue to grow.
"We also wish to congratulate the Indonesian people, with regards to their recent independence anniversary," he said.
President Yudhoyono and President Nazarbayev are also scheduled to witness the signing of memorandums of understanding on cultural and economic cooperation.
Earlier at the Hotel Rixos, both presidents signed a cooperation agreement on counter-terrorism, to mark the 20th anniversary of the two countries` establishing relations, in the presence of Ansyad Mbai, the chief of Indonesia`s National Terrorism Control Agency and the chief of Kazakshstan`s Counter-Terrorism Agency, Nurgali Dauletbekovich Bilishbekov.
Besides an agreement on counter-terrorism, the two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding on preventing money-laundering and financing of terrorism, represented by the head of the Financial Data Analysis and Reporting Center (PPATK), Muhamad Yusuf, and Kazakhstan`s Financial Monitoring Cooperation Committee head Mussiraylay Utabayev.
The third cooperation agreement was between Indonesia`s foreign ministry and Kazakhstan`s Academy of Public Administration on diplomatic education.
The agreement was signed by Yuri O Thamrin, Indonesia`s director general of Asia Pacific and Africa, and Bolatbek Abrassilov, rector of Kazakhstan`s Academy of Public Administration.
reporting by Panca Hari Prabowo
(H-YH/INE/KR-BSR/S012)
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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