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37124
Tue, 12/23/2008 - 14:17
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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO, CHINESE DEPUTY PM DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS
Jakarta, Dec 23 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Li Keqiang held a one-hour meeting at the presidential office here on Monday to discuss the impact of the current global financial crisis on their countries' economy.
"President Yudhoyono and the visiting Chinese deputy prime minister discussed the impact of the global financial crisis because the Chinese economy is predicted to drop by about 10 percent," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said after accompanying President Yudhoyono in the meeting with Li Keqing.
Patti Djalal said President Yudhoyono and his guest in the meeting found it necessary to strengthen the two countries' economic and trade cooperation amidst the global crisis.
"Specifically, the Chinese government will give buyer credits of US$800 million to Indonesian companies, and therefore we are going to use the buyer credits selectively in various projects," Patti Djalal said.
But he added that President Yudhoyono would underscore the importance of mutual beneficial cooperation between Indonesian and Chinese companies which were engaged in the scheme of the cooperation.
He said that on the occasion President Yudhoyono appreciated the Chinese government in its concrete cooperation with Indonesia to construct Suromadu bridge, connecting Surabaya and Madura island, both in East java Province.
The Chinese deputy prime minister visited Indonesia to open the 3rd Indonesia China Energy Forum (ICEF III) and sign a number of agreements in the energy field.
Indonesia and China earlier signed eight agreements on the energy sector covering electricity, coal, oil and gas with a total investment value of around Rp35 trillion and would absorb at least 32,000 manpowers.
"President Yudhoyono and the visiting Chinese deputy prime minister discussed the impact of the global financial crisis because the Chinese economy is predicted to drop by about 10 percent," presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said after accompanying President Yudhoyono in the meeting with Li Keqing.
Patti Djalal said President Yudhoyono and his guest in the meeting found it necessary to strengthen the two countries' economic and trade cooperation amidst the global crisis.
"Specifically, the Chinese government will give buyer credits of US$800 million to Indonesian companies, and therefore we are going to use the buyer credits selectively in various projects," Patti Djalal said.
But he added that President Yudhoyono would underscore the importance of mutual beneficial cooperation between Indonesian and Chinese companies which were engaged in the scheme of the cooperation.
He said that on the occasion President Yudhoyono appreciated the Chinese government in its concrete cooperation with Indonesia to construct Suromadu bridge, connecting Surabaya and Madura island, both in East java Province.
The Chinese deputy prime minister visited Indonesia to open the 3rd Indonesia China Energy Forum (ICEF III) and sign a number of agreements in the energy field.
Indonesia and China earlier signed eight agreements on the energy sector covering electricity, coal, oil and gas with a total investment value of around Rp35 trillion and would absorb at least 32,000 manpowers.
