ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Lithuania fully supports Indonesia in joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi expressed her gratitude to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis for his support for Indonesia, during a bilateral meeting at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs office, Monday (30/10/2023).
“Thank you very much for Lithuania’s support for Indonesia’s desire to join the OECD,” he said, during a press conference, Monday (30/10/2023).
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Landsbergis also expressed his country’s full support for Indonesia’s membership in the OECD.
“I strongly support Indonesia’s membership efforts in the OECD and am ready to share our recent accession experience,” he said.
The OECD is a forum consisting of 37 member countries, carrying out economic collaboration to develop policy standards to encourage sustainable economic growth.
OECD member countries currently contribute three-fifths of world GDP, three-quarters of world trade, more than 90% of global official development assistance, half of world energy consumption and 18% of the world’s population.
Indonesia’s membership in the OECD can accelerate Indonesia’s economic transformation in order to achieve national strategic goals. Meanwhile for the OECD, joining Indonesia will provide a wider global reach, especially in the Southeast Asia (ASEAN) region. (AT Network)
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