RI-PNG barter trade

RI-PNG barter trade

JAKARTA (JP): Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have agreed to
maintain traditional bilateral trade between their peoples living
in the border area, the Foreign Ministry's Director for Political
Affairs Izhar Ibrahim said.

"Both governments plan to establish trade posts in the border
area, to facilitate the peoples' business dealings," Izhar told
Antara in Jayapura over the weekend, after attending a Joint
Border Committee meeting in Port Moresby.

Izhar, deputy leader of the Indonesian delegation to the
meeting, said that the traditional trading under a barter system
in the area has been practiced for a long time.

He added that the barter system continues due to the absence
of money changers.(kod)