Indonesia, Australia and Sri Lanka must make a joint effort in determining the fate of 78 Sri Lankan refugees who were last month intercepted by an Australian ship in Indonesian waters, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa revealed on Friday. Speaking to journalists at his office, the foreign minister said Indonesia was trying to solve this issue [...]
Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Djoko Santoso sent 1,125 soldiers off on a UN peacekeeping mission to south Lebanon on Thursday. The troops will replace the Indonesian peacekeeping force due to leave the area after a one-year tour of duty. The new contingent, comprised mostly of infantry personnel, will serve for a year after having [...]
Indonesia`s rice production is predicted to reach 64 million tons this year surpassing the forecast of the National Bureau of Statistics of 63.68 million tons, an agriculture ministry official said. “(We) are optimistic the production of dried unhulled rice could reach 64 million tons, up 5.83 percent from 2008,” the director general of food crops, [...]
The government, together with state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma, plans to start producing vaccines for the H1N1 and H5N1 strains of influenza by November 2010. The plan was revealed Monday during the inauguration ceremony of Airlangga University’s avian influenza research center (AIRC) bio safety level-3 (BSL-3) in Surabaya by Vice President Boediono. “I hope [...]
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) has set a target to make Indonesia a world biggest fish producer in 2012, a cabinet minister said. DKP Minister Fadel Muhammad said here on Monday that the plan to make Indonesia a world biggest fish producer was part of the DKP targets in its coming years` [...]
United States President Barack Obama in the APEC meeting here has praised the significant influence of Indonesia`s role in the international fora. Obama who spent his childhood in Indonesia for several years, made the remarks in a joint news conference with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, on Sunday, after their bilateral meeting. [...]
Indonesia and the EU on Monday signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) to bolster bilateral relations. The EU said it was “the first of its kind to be signed with an Asian country”. The pact, signed by Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the EU [...]
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was optimistic that the country`s economic growth this year would reach 4.3 percent as projected in the state budget. The president expressed the optimism when he met with about 200 Malaysian business executives at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) here on Wednesday. “Indonesia is now intensifying its development [...]
A total of 6.5 million foreign tourists are expected to visit Indonesia this year, a Tourism and Culture Ministry official said. “I am convinced that the figure could be achieved,” I Gde Pitana, director for overseas promotion of the ministry said here on Tuesday. The number of foreign tourist arrivals up to September is 4.6 [...]
Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) will hold the INDONESIAN PALM OIL CONFERENCE AND PRICE OUTLOOK 2010 in Bali-Indonesia on 1 – 4 December 2009. The event is conducted as a medium for global stakeholders in palm oil industries to meet, discuss and develop strategic actions to face global challenges, particularly in the year 2010. For [...]
