RI hosts third JCF meeting with India

JAKARTA: Indonesia and maritime neighbor India convened their third meeting of the Joint Consultative Forum (JCF) in Yogyakarta recently, the countries said in a statement after the meeting.

"The meeting discussed a range of issues of bilateral, regional and multilateral interest between the two countries, including trade and economic cooperation, defense and security cooperation, the ASEAN-India relationship, the East Asia Summit, the follow up to the Asian-African Summit, United Nations Reform, terrorism and other matters of mutual interest," the statement said.

The Indonesian delegation was led by the director general for Asia Pacific and Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Herijanto Soeprapto, while Indian delegation was led by Ministry of External Affairs eastern secretary Rajiv Sikri.

The countries agreed that the fourth JCF would be held next year in India. -- JP