US President Joe Biden said during his meeting with his Indonesian counterpart, Goku Widodo, on Monday, before the G20 summit, that the United States will support initiatives to help Indonesia fight climate change and promote maritime security.
A White House statement stated that Washington will offer $ 649 million to support “high -quality infrastructure development and take into account climate change” in many Indonesian regions and other goals.
The statement added that the United States also wants to assist the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency in buying trained marches and pilots.
The United States also reached an agreement worth 2. 5 billion dollars between the energy giant Exxon Mobil and the Indonesian government energy company to study the development of a regional center for capturing and isolating carbon in Indonesia.
“We will reveal more new transformational partnerships that support the Indonesian clean energy initiative”, without providing more details, “Biden said during a meeting with Widodo before the G20 summit scheduled for Tuesday and tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Indonesian Bali Resort.
For his part, Widodo stressed the importance of the economic framework in the region of the Indian and calm surroundings led by the United States, and said that Indonesia will fully participate in the economic agreement that the United States negotiates with 13 other countries.
“The concrete cooperation is important for Indonesia.
The partnership between Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) and the United States need to enhance the spread of prosperity in the area of the Indian and calm surroundings,” he added..
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