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18880
Wed, 09/10/2008 - 23:37
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RI PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN CREATING ASIAN INTEGRATION: ADB
Jakarta, Sept 10 (ANTARA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicts Indonesia will play a significant role in creating Asian integration as global economic power.
"So far, Indonesia has shown its important role in forming regionalism by, among other things, being one of the ASEAN founders and initiating a series of international meetings in Bali," ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said in a seminar "Emerging Asian Regionalism Trends and Challenges" at the Borobudur Hotel here on Wednesday.
Indonesia would also host the 42nd annual ADB meeting scheduled for 2009 in Bali, he said.
The ADB chief noted that the global economy tended to shift to the Asian region, with a population of nearly 3.9 billion.
"Asian integration may be just a dream. But the dream full of challenges may come into reality any time in the future through small steps we can take," he said.
Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu meanwhile said since the economic crisis engulfed a number of countries in 1998 ASEAN member states and their neighbors had been integrated in terms of finance and trade.
She said Indonesia was ready to step up its cooperation with other countries in trade, investment and financial sectors.
"So far, Indonesia has shown its important role in forming regionalism by, among other things, being one of the ASEAN founders and initiating a series of international meetings in Bali," ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda said in a seminar "Emerging Asian Regionalism Trends and Challenges" at the Borobudur Hotel here on Wednesday.
Indonesia would also host the 42nd annual ADB meeting scheduled for 2009 in Bali, he said.
The ADB chief noted that the global economy tended to shift to the Asian region, with a population of nearly 3.9 billion.
"Asian integration may be just a dream. But the dream full of challenges may come into reality any time in the future through small steps we can take," he said.
Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu meanwhile said since the economic crisis engulfed a number of countries in 1998 ASEAN member states and their neighbors had been integrated in terms of finance and trade.
She said Indonesia was ready to step up its cooperation with other countries in trade, investment and financial sectors.
