S. Korea, Indonesia to bolster ties on global issues

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Indonesia agreed Wednesday to strengthen their "strategic partnership" on global issues and expand bilateral economic cooperation, the South Korean foreign ministry said after talks between their foreign ministers.

In his meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan in Jakarta,
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda promised full support for the South
Korea-ASEAN summit to be held on the South Korean resort island of Jeju in June,
the ministry added.
"The ministers discussed ways to cooperate in the G-20 summit to deal with the
financial crisis and exchanged opinions on major international issues, including
climate change," it said in a press release. "The two nations agreed to step up
cooperation on the international stage."
Yu arrived Tuesday in Indonesia on the first leg of his regional tour that will
also take him to Australia and New Zealand.
The ministry said Yu stressed the need for promoting trade and investment between
the two sides, whose annual trade volume is US$18.5 billion.
He also paid a courtesy call on Vice President Jusuf Kalla, it added.
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