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AUSTRALIA PLANNING TO GIVE AUS$2.5 B IN AID TO RI
Jakarta, Aug 11 (ANTARA) - Australia plans to give Aus$2.5 billion in aid to Indonesia in the next five years to help fight poverty and achieve social and economic development priorities.
The aid worth Aus$2.5 billion (Rp21.25 trillion) would be made available between 2008 and 2013, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said in a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, here on Monday.
Smith said his government was determined to forge long-term development partnership with Indonesia.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched five-year partnership strategies when the latter visited Jakarta in June 2008.
"Through development aid programs, Australia is committed to working in partnership with Indonesia to fight poverty and support regional peace, stability and prosperity," Smith said.
Australia is stepping up its efforts to help Indonesia achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The two governments are identifying long-term development priorities focusing on 100 million Indonesian citizens who live on less than US$2 a day.
"The Australian government is drawing up plans on its aid to Indonesia," Wirajuda said.
Australia will also provide special aid to least developed provinces in Indonesia including Aceh, Papua and other priority areas where the aid will be directed towards overcoming climate change.
Two-way trade and investment between Australia and Indonesia reached Aus$10.3 billion and Aus$$3.8 billion respectively in 2007. Almost 15,000 Indonesian students were studying in Australia last year.
In February 2008, the two foreign ministers met in Perth where they exchanged letters to implement their Lombok Treaty on security cooperation.
Wirajuda said the Lombok Treaty laid a new framework for enhanced cooperation between the two neighboring states.
"Based on the good ties to be developed under the past, we will continue to strengthen our relations in the future, including productive cooperation in the economic and development fields," he said.
Smith said the two governments agreed to open a new page in their bilateral ties to coexist peacefully and forget their differences in the past.
"Based on the Lombok Treaty, the Australian government fully respects Indonesia's sovereignty and integrity," he said.
The Lombok Treaty confirmed the two countries' stand to respect and support each other's sovereignty, regional integrity and national unity, he said.
The aid worth Aus$2.5 billion (Rp21.25 trillion) would be made available between 2008 and 2013, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said in a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, here on Monday.
Smith said his government was determined to forge long-term development partnership with Indonesia.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched five-year partnership strategies when the latter visited Jakarta in June 2008.
"Through development aid programs, Australia is committed to working in partnership with Indonesia to fight poverty and support regional peace, stability and prosperity," Smith said.
Australia is stepping up its efforts to help Indonesia achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The two governments are identifying long-term development priorities focusing on 100 million Indonesian citizens who live on less than US$2 a day.
"The Australian government is drawing up plans on its aid to Indonesia," Wirajuda said.
Australia will also provide special aid to least developed provinces in Indonesia including Aceh, Papua and other priority areas where the aid will be directed towards overcoming climate change.
Two-way trade and investment between Australia and Indonesia reached Aus$10.3 billion and Aus$$3.8 billion respectively in 2007. Almost 15,000 Indonesian students were studying in Australia last year.
In February 2008, the two foreign ministers met in Perth where they exchanged letters to implement their Lombok Treaty on security cooperation.
Wirajuda said the Lombok Treaty laid a new framework for enhanced cooperation between the two neighboring states.
"Based on the good ties to be developed under the past, we will continue to strengthen our relations in the future, including productive cooperation in the economic and development fields," he said.
Smith said the two governments agreed to open a new page in their bilateral ties to coexist peacefully and forget their differences in the past.
"Based on the Lombok Treaty, the Australian government fully respects Indonesia's sovereignty and integrity," he said.
The Lombok Treaty confirmed the two countries' stand to respect and support each other's sovereignty, regional integrity and national unity, he said.
