Sweden Brings Business Delegation to Jakarta

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  • Adri Prastowo

VIVAnews - Swedish Minister for Trade, Ewa Björling, is visiting Jakarta along with a big business delegation from the Scandinavian country on 6-8 February. Through this visit, Sweden intends to establish Green Growth programs with their Indonesian counterparts in Jakarta.

"Indonesia is increasingly attracting the attention of the world. It is with this in mind that I have come to Indonesia in order to acknowledge the excellent relations between Sweden-Indonesia and EU- ASEAN”, Björling said in her statement to VIVAnews.

According to the Swedish Embassy in Jakarta, Björling is heading a delegation of more than 25 Swedish Companies as well as several Governmental National Agencies in energy, cleantech, telecom, transport and financing sectors.

During the visit she will inaugurate a new Swedish Trade Council Office in Jakarta and together with Trade Minister of Indonesia, Mari Pangestu, present and give a key note speech at a half day seminar: “Green Growth for Indonesia – A Knowledge Sharing Seminar with Sweden,” on 8 February.

“President Susilo Bambang Yuduyono’s firm commitments to reduce carbon emissions are impressive and Swedish Governmental Agencies and private sector companies have over the years developed our policy, planning and a very high technology in the environmental field that we would like to share with Indonesia,” Björling commented.

Minister Björling will also meet the Minister of Environment,Mr Gusti Muhammad Hatta, and the Minister of Public Works, Mr Djoko Kirmanto, and discuss concepts like the Swedish Sustainable City and the Eco Airport. Together with the Governor of Jakarta, Dr Fauzi Bowo, she will have a tree planting ceremony at the National Monument MONAS.

The Swedish minister reminded that despite great geographical distances, the trade relations between these two countries actually date as far back as to the 18th century, in 1733, when the Swedish East India Company’s trading ship “Fredericus Rex Sueciae” sailed these waters and for the first time embarked Batavia.

Björling would also like to focus on ASEAN and the important Indonesian ASEAN presidency and is having a meeting with the ASEAN Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan.

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