President-elect Prabowo Subianto visited Japan in early April, and through talks with the prime minister and defense minister, they confirmed plans to further strengthen bilateral cooperation.
By expanding and deepening areas of cooperation between our countries, Japan will contribute to balanced development as we move toward the Golden Year 2045 vision advocated by the Indonesian government. To this end, it is important to have a win-win relationship that benefits Indonesia’s economic growth and social issues, while helping to ease Japan’s labor and resource issues in a complementary manner.
For Japan to continue to be an important partner for Indonesia, we hope that Japan’s unique cooperation in hitozukuri (human resources development) and monozukuri (manufacturing) will continue to improve the living environment in Indonesia and benefit the Japanese economy.
In the field of security, we will further deepen defense cooperation and exchanges between our militaries, including for joint training, equipment supply and technology exchange. As a maritime democracy, we would like to advance cooperation in the maritime field through granting patrol and fishery monitoring vessels to counter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as to bolster capacity-building and the development of fishing ports and markets on remote islands, and more.
Furthermore, Japan has consistently supported the expansion of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s outreach to Southeast Asia and is supporting the progress of Indonesia’s accession to it. We hope that promoting the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and the OECD international standards under Indonesia’s leadership will attract private investment to Southeast Asia and lead to sustainable economic growth.
As Indonesia increases her presence as a key player in the Global South, we would like to make continuous efforts to further develop our relationship as the best partner to Indonesia.
