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News Focus: RI, VIETNAM EXPECTED TO BUILD STRATEGIC PARLIAMENTARY TIES
By Eliswan Azly
Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Parliamentary ties between Indonesia and Vietnam, both ASEAN member countries, are expected to be upgraded to a strategic partnership level.
The hope for bringing the two countries' inter-parliamentary relation to a strategic partnership level was expressed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when receiving Nguyen Phu Trong, visiting leader of Vietnam's parliament, at the presidential palace here on Monday.
"The president has expressed hope that Indonesia-Vietnam inter-parliamentary relations can be upgraded as part of a strategic partnership between the two countries," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said after the head of state at a meeting with the leader of Vietnam's Parliament.
The delegation of the Vietnamese Parliament with some 70 businessmen from the country is visiting Indonesia this week to have a business meeting with Indonesian business groups.
Patti Djalal said President Yudhoyono welcomed the forging of more solid relations between Indonesia and Vietnam following the signing of a strategic partnership declaration between Indonesia and Vietnam in 2003.
"The head of state expressed hope that the plan of action to improve strategic relations between the two countries would immediately be completed," Patti Djalal said.
In relation with economic cooperation between Indonesia and Vietnam, Patti Djalal said the president hoped it would continue to to be stepped up because the trade value of US$2.2 billion in 2008 was far below the expected potential.
Therefore, the cooperation between the two countries in the future would be focused on energy, food, tourism, maritime, trade, and investment sectors.
At the 45-minute meeting with the Vietnamese parliament, President Yudhoyono expressed support for Vietnam's leadership in ASEAN this year and the country's readiness to host the next ASEAN summit.
"The president stressed the importance of Indonesia-ASEAN cooperation in the implementation of the ASEAN Charter which was ratified by ASEAN countries, and to maintain the so-called ASEAN Way to put Southeast Asian regional cooperation on a strong footing," Patti Djalal said.
Earlier, Vietnam?s President Nguyen Minh Triet highly valued Indonesia's role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in regional and international forums like the APEC, AIPA, EAS in a meeting with Agung Laksono Soemono, former Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, who was on an official Vietnam friendship visit from last August.
The President Triet expressed his belief that Indonesia would continue to record many great achievements in the process of construction and development in the country, Vietname's News Agency (VNA) quoted Triet as saying.
President Triet stressed that Vietnam encouraged Indonesian businesses to invest in Vietnam. In the near future, a delegation of Vietnamese businessmen would make a fact-finding tour of Indonesia to seek co-operation opportunities.
During his meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Agung thanked Vietnam for the warm sentiments it conveyed to him and his delegation, expressing his hope that Vietnam and Indonesia would boost the development of their relations in economy, trade and investment.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung applauded the Indonesian House delegation?s visit, saying that it had given impetus to boosting further co-operation between the two nations.
He also said that the two countries should enhance joint efforts--especially in economy, trade and investment to reach a more comprehensive and deeper level, bringing practical benefits to both sides.
According to PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam would like to work with Indonesia in maritime affairs, in terms of joint sea patrols, and fishing.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong also expressed the aspiration to boost the traditional friendship and co-operation between the two countries.
The two leaders reached a consensus during their talks in Hanoi last year as part of an official working visit to Vietnam by the Indonesian former Speaker of House of Representatives from August 18-20.
Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong briefed his guest on Vietnam's socio-economic development, especially the country's measures to overcome the adverse impact of the global financial crisis.
He continued with the country's open, diversified and multi-lateral foreign policy and the Vietnam National Assembly's efforts to expand cooperation with other countries' parliaments as well as take part in regional and international inter-parliamentary forums.
Nguyen Phu Trong praised Indonesia's important role in geo-politics and geo-economics in the region and in the world, its long-standing traditional culture, many foreign relations and its development potentials. He also appreciated the progress made in bilateral cooperation in education and training, national defense and security.
He expressed hope that the two countries would sign co-operation agreements to boost the development of joint efforts in these fields as soon as possible, and also that Indonesia would continue granting scholarships to Vietnamese students and that the Indonesian parliament would work with and assist Vietnam to fulfil its role as President of the ASEAN Inter-Paliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in the 2009-2010 period.
In the meantime, a political analyst of the Hassanudin University, Said Nizar LLM said Vietnam and Indonesia had had traditional relations of friendship for a long time and had cooperated in good, fine manner in several fields.
The two countries set up relations at consul general level in 1955 and in 1964 elevated them to ambassadorial level. A Vietnam - Indonesia Friendship Association was founded in 1957.
Right away since the establishment of relations, the two countries had exchanged several high-ranking delegations: President Ho Chi Minh's visit Indonesia in 1959 and President Soekarno's visit to Vietnam in 1959.
Since 1990, the relations between the two countries had entered a new stage of development in substance and had been more and more consolidated in many domains in the bilateral as well as multi-lateral framework, Nizar said.
Entering the new millennium, in the trend of the regionalization (ASEAN) and globalization, the bilateral relations have been tightened by the bilateral visits of the two leaders.
Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Parliamentary ties between Indonesia and Vietnam, both ASEAN member countries, are expected to be upgraded to a strategic partnership level.
The hope for bringing the two countries' inter-parliamentary relation to a strategic partnership level was expressed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when receiving Nguyen Phu Trong, visiting leader of Vietnam's parliament, at the presidential palace here on Monday.
"The president has expressed hope that Indonesia-Vietnam inter-parliamentary relations can be upgraded as part of a strategic partnership between the two countries," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said after the head of state at a meeting with the leader of Vietnam's Parliament.
The delegation of the Vietnamese Parliament with some 70 businessmen from the country is visiting Indonesia this week to have a business meeting with Indonesian business groups.
Patti Djalal said President Yudhoyono welcomed the forging of more solid relations between Indonesia and Vietnam following the signing of a strategic partnership declaration between Indonesia and Vietnam in 2003.
"The head of state expressed hope that the plan of action to improve strategic relations between the two countries would immediately be completed," Patti Djalal said.
In relation with economic cooperation between Indonesia and Vietnam, Patti Djalal said the president hoped it would continue to to be stepped up because the trade value of US$2.2 billion in 2008 was far below the expected potential.
Therefore, the cooperation between the two countries in the future would be focused on energy, food, tourism, maritime, trade, and investment sectors.
At the 45-minute meeting with the Vietnamese parliament, President Yudhoyono expressed support for Vietnam's leadership in ASEAN this year and the country's readiness to host the next ASEAN summit.
"The president stressed the importance of Indonesia-ASEAN cooperation in the implementation of the ASEAN Charter which was ratified by ASEAN countries, and to maintain the so-called ASEAN Way to put Southeast Asian regional cooperation on a strong footing," Patti Djalal said.
Earlier, Vietnam?s President Nguyen Minh Triet highly valued Indonesia's role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in regional and international forums like the APEC, AIPA, EAS in a meeting with Agung Laksono Soemono, former Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives, who was on an official Vietnam friendship visit from last August.
The President Triet expressed his belief that Indonesia would continue to record many great achievements in the process of construction and development in the country, Vietname's News Agency (VNA) quoted Triet as saying.
President Triet stressed that Vietnam encouraged Indonesian businesses to invest in Vietnam. In the near future, a delegation of Vietnamese businessmen would make a fact-finding tour of Indonesia to seek co-operation opportunities.
During his meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Agung thanked Vietnam for the warm sentiments it conveyed to him and his delegation, expressing his hope that Vietnam and Indonesia would boost the development of their relations in economy, trade and investment.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung applauded the Indonesian House delegation?s visit, saying that it had given impetus to boosting further co-operation between the two nations.
He also said that the two countries should enhance joint efforts--especially in economy, trade and investment to reach a more comprehensive and deeper level, bringing practical benefits to both sides.
According to PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam would like to work with Indonesia in maritime affairs, in terms of joint sea patrols, and fishing.
Meanwhile, Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong also expressed the aspiration to boost the traditional friendship and co-operation between the two countries.
The two leaders reached a consensus during their talks in Hanoi last year as part of an official working visit to Vietnam by the Indonesian former Speaker of House of Representatives from August 18-20.
Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong briefed his guest on Vietnam's socio-economic development, especially the country's measures to overcome the adverse impact of the global financial crisis.
He continued with the country's open, diversified and multi-lateral foreign policy and the Vietnam National Assembly's efforts to expand cooperation with other countries' parliaments as well as take part in regional and international inter-parliamentary forums.
Nguyen Phu Trong praised Indonesia's important role in geo-politics and geo-economics in the region and in the world, its long-standing traditional culture, many foreign relations and its development potentials. He also appreciated the progress made in bilateral cooperation in education and training, national defense and security.
He expressed hope that the two countries would sign co-operation agreements to boost the development of joint efforts in these fields as soon as possible, and also that Indonesia would continue granting scholarships to Vietnamese students and that the Indonesian parliament would work with and assist Vietnam to fulfil its role as President of the ASEAN Inter-Paliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in the 2009-2010 period.
In the meantime, a political analyst of the Hassanudin University, Said Nizar LLM said Vietnam and Indonesia had had traditional relations of friendship for a long time and had cooperated in good, fine manner in several fields.
The two countries set up relations at consul general level in 1955 and in 1964 elevated them to ambassadorial level. A Vietnam - Indonesia Friendship Association was founded in 1957.
Right away since the establishment of relations, the two countries had exchanged several high-ranking delegations: President Ho Chi Minh's visit Indonesia in 1959 and President Soekarno's visit to Vietnam in 1959.
Since 1990, the relations between the two countries had entered a new stage of development in substance and had been more and more consolidated in many domains in the bilateral as well as multi-lateral framework, Nizar said.
Entering the new millennium, in the trend of the regionalization (ASEAN) and globalization, the bilateral relations have been tightened by the bilateral visits of the two leaders.
