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No. 12/PR/2007
VISITING
OF THE INDONESIAN TRADE MINISTER TO HUNGARY FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ENHANCING THE BILATERAL RELATION
ON TRADE, TOURISM AND INVESTMENT
The
Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia,
Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu together with officials
from the Indonesian Ministry of Trade visited
Hungary on 11-13 June 2007. The visit of the
minister was also accompanied by businessmen
from Indonesia to attend a business forum
occasion with their counterpart from
Hungary, Czech Republic, Macedonia and
Slovakia. The visit was aimed to improve the
economic bilateral relations especially in the
field of trade, tourism and investment.
During this official visit, the Indonesian
Minister of Trade had meetings with the Speaker
of the Hungarian Parliament, Dr. Katalin
Szili, the Minister of Economy and
Transportation, Dr. Janos Koka, the
Minister of Finance, Dr. Janos Veres,
the President Director of EXIM Bank, Dr.
Zoltan Boldnar and the CEO of
Hungarian Investment and Trade Development
Agency, Mr. Gyorgy Retfalvi. On those
meetings, they discussed and exchanged the views
and experiences on many aspects particularly the
possibilities to enhance the bilateral relation
on economic and trade, including the investment,
export-import and other related fields.
At
the Business Forum held at Intercontinental
Hotel, the Indonesian Trade Minister held
presentation concerning economic development,
trade and investment potential in Indonesia. In
addition, the Minister also presented guidance
and essential information for the officials
related to economic field of the Indonesian
Embassies in East and Central Europe, trade
attachés from East and Western Europe,
Washington and Ottawa, and also to the Head of
Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) from
Budapest and Sao Paolo. The meeting held at
Intercontinental Hotel, Budapest was also
attended by keynote speaker from the Indonesian
Trade Ministry, the Indonesian National Agency
for Export Development (BPEN), the Indonesia‘s
Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) and
Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of
Indonesia.
On
the meeting with the Hungarian Minister of
Economy and Transportation, the Indonesian Trade
Minister reminded her counterpart concerning the
Joint Commission Meeting that will be
held in Indonesia in October 2007. The
Indonesian Foreign Minister will be the
coordinator for the Indonesian delegation;
meanwhile, Mr. Koka Janos will be the Head of
Hungarian Delegation to come to Indonesia in
October/November 2007.
On
13 June 2007, the Indonesian Trade Minister and
the Indonesian Ambassador in Budapest, H.E
Mangasi Sihombing attended the signing ceremony
of the MOU on cooperation in trade promotion
between the Indonesian National Agency for
Export Development and Hungarian Investment and
Trade Development Agency.
Budapest, June 14th, 2007
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