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Tue, 03/31/2009 - 09:25
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RI, SRI LANKA SIGN AGREEMENT ON FREE VISA FACILITY
Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Sri Lanka signed an agreement on a free-visa facility for diplomatic and official passport holders on Monday.
The signing was done in Sri Lanka by Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda and his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama, in the presence of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Indonesian foreign ministry said in a statement received here on Monday.
It is hoped the agreement would facilitate more exchange of visits by the two countries' officials to increase the two countries' bilateral relations.
Before the signing the two countries' foreign ministers met to discuss various issues of common concern and ways to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as politics, economy and the socio-cultural sector, it said.
The two ministers had also agreed to implement the first Indonesia-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting this year to transform the two countries' potentials into concrete cooperation.
After the meeting the Indonesian minister presented a humanitarian aid to the Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka to symbolize the country's friendship and attention to that country.
The aid includes two tons of medical and disposable supplies and two tons of food to supplement breastfeeding and 500 tons of rice.
Indonesia and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations on August 6, 1952 and historically the two countries were initiators of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955.
The two countries' relations had been good and their governments were determined to further develop the ties.
The value of trade between the two countries in 2007 was recorded at US$456.6 million and until November 2008 reached US$370.5 million with Indonesia enjoying a surplus.
Indonesia mostly exports paper products, textile raw materials, tires, cement, plastic products, glass, tea, margarine, animal feed and chemical products.
The country meanwhile imports tea, gunnysacks, electric equipment and gems.
The Indonesian foreign minister was in Sri Lanka on March 29 and 30 at the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart.
While in that country minister Hassan also paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.
The signing was done in Sri Lanka by Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda and his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama, in the presence of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Indonesian foreign ministry said in a statement received here on Monday.
It is hoped the agreement would facilitate more exchange of visits by the two countries' officials to increase the two countries' bilateral relations.
Before the signing the two countries' foreign ministers met to discuss various issues of common concern and ways to develop mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as politics, economy and the socio-cultural sector, it said.
The two ministers had also agreed to implement the first Indonesia-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting this year to transform the two countries' potentials into concrete cooperation.
After the meeting the Indonesian minister presented a humanitarian aid to the Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka to symbolize the country's friendship and attention to that country.
The aid includes two tons of medical and disposable supplies and two tons of food to supplement breastfeeding and 500 tons of rice.
Indonesia and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations on August 6, 1952 and historically the two countries were initiators of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955.
The two countries' relations had been good and their governments were determined to further develop the ties.
The value of trade between the two countries in 2007 was recorded at US$456.6 million and until November 2008 reached US$370.5 million with Indonesia enjoying a surplus.
Indonesia mostly exports paper products, textile raw materials, tires, cement, plastic products, glass, tea, margarine, animal feed and chemical products.
The country meanwhile imports tea, gunnysacks, electric equipment and gems.
The Indonesian foreign minister was in Sri Lanka on March 29 and 30 at the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart.
While in that country minister Hassan also paid a courtesy call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake.
