
Jakarta (VNA)– Indonesian Minister of Finance SriMulyani had a bilateral meeting with Secretary-General of the Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann on thesidelines of a G20 conference in India.
According to an officialstatement on February 24, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance said that at the bilateral meeting, the two sides discussed several priority agendas of Indonesia, ASEAN and India which holds the G20 presidency in 2023.
These agendas comprise theASEAN Chairmanship and ASEAN 3 Co-Chairmanship 2023, Finance Track G20 2023,Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA), and OECD EconomicSurvey of Indonesia 2023.
Mulyani noted in thestatement that OECD has frequently assisted Indonesia, such as supportingIndonesia's G20 Presidency last year and supporting the G20 Ministerial Symposium on Tax and Development. In addition, Indonesia and OECD collaborated to hold the G20Infrastructure Investors Dialogue in 2022.
She revealed that Indonesiaproposed three Strategic Thrusts and three Priority Economic Deliverables (PED)for this year's ASEAN Presidency and Co-Chairmanship ASEAN 3 in 2023 in orderto bolster inclusive economic recovery and growth and strengthening theresiliency of ASEAN's stable and sustainable financial sector, includingcooperation in the issues of climate change, energy transition, anddigitalisation.
The minister expressed herhope that the cooperation between Indonesia and OECD would continue to bemaintained, especially in realising the vision of global prosperity./.