Tanzania keen to study Indonesia’s downstream industry: Minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian International Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has said that Tanzania has expressed curiosity in learning Indonesia’s infrastructure achievements and downstream industries.

“Tanzania can also be keen to study from Indonesia concerning the improvement of the palm oil business and the administration of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),” she mentioned in a press release launched on Tuesday.

This curiosity was conveyed by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan throughout her assembly with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on the Dar Es Salaam State Home.

Moreover, the Indonesian authorities seeks to strengthen diplomatic relations with Tanzania by way of the event of a diplomatic faculty curriculum, Marsudi mentioned.

“President Jokowi invited a group from Tanzania to go to Jakarta to alternate concepts relating to the event of a diplomatic faculty curriculum,” she said.

She additionally talked about that the assembly resulted in an settlement to instantly start negotiations on a preferential commerce settlement (PTA) and a bilateral funding treaty (BIT).

“The 2 presidents agreed to provoke negotiations for the PTA and BIT,” she said.

The bilateral assembly led to the signing of cooperation paperwork in a number of sectors, together with a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the institution of a joint fee for bilateral cooperation and a visa-free settlement for diplomatic passport holders.

The 2 international locations additionally signed an MoU on well being cooperation, in addition to an settlement on the power sector and electrical energy cooperation, which was cast between Indonesia’s state electrical energy firm PLN and the Tanzania Electrical Provide Firm (TANESCO), Marsudi knowledgeable.

She added that an MoU was additionally signed by Indonesia’s state mining holding MIND ID and the Tanzanian State Mining Company (STAMICO).

Indonesia’s state oil firm Pertamina and the Tanzania Petroleum Improvement Company (TPDC) additionally inked an MoU on the oil and fuel enterprise worth chain.

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