President Jokowi's Bilateral Meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

President Jokowi and Vice President Harris Discuss the Realization of Indonesia-US Strategic Partnership On the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN Summit, President Joko Widodo held a bilateral meeting with United States Vice President Kamala Harris at the Cockatoo Room, Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. At the meeting, the President stated that the United States is a comprehensive strategic partner for ASEAN.

"As a comprehensive strategic partner, the position of the US is growing for the success of the ASEAN Summit, including ensuring the relevance of the East Asia Summit," the President said.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris in her speech expressed her appreciation for Indonesia's leadership in ASEAN 2023. He assessed that Indonesia's leadership has made ASEAN a priority to provide tangible results with special emphasis on economic growth.

"Indonesia is an important partner and friend to the United States. We have long-standing friendships and relationships that help promote prosperity and security for our country and a free and open Indo-Pacific," Harris said.

On a separate occasion, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi explained that President Jokowi and the US Vice President discussed the preparation of a concrete action plan in realizing a comprehensive strategic partnership.

"In the bilateral meeting between Mr. President and Vice President Harris, it was discussed about the plan to establish a comprehensive Indonesia-America strategic partnership proposed by the United States and also the preparation of a joint action plan," said the Foreign Minister.

In addition, during the meeting, the President also encouraged the expansion of market access through the generalized system of preferences (GSP) scheme and the realization of previously agreed supply chain cooperation.

"Also the establishment of a critical minerals agreement, CMA for cooperation related to critical minerals and the realization of just energy transition partnership," he continued. Jakarta, 6th September 2023
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