Indonesia and South Korea sign martitime and fisheries agreement

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Indonesia and South Korea sign martitime and fisheries agreement

2011-07-07 07:36:40 GMT+7 (ICT)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- The governments of Indonesia and South Korea on Wednesday agreed to increase their maritime and fisheries cooperation, officials said.

On Tuesday, Indonesia's Secretary General of the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry Gellwynn Jusuf signed the cooperation agreement with South Koreas's President of the Korea Maritime Institute Hak So Kim in Jakarta, the ministry told Antara news agency Wednesday.

In December 2006, both countries had previously signed a strategic partnership declaration to support each others' development in the maritime and fisheries sector by contributing in technical knowledge and experience, said Maritime and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad.

The latest agreement is an upgrade of the declaration made almost five years ago, allowing both the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry and the Korea Maritime Institute to actively explore the possibility of cooperation in conducting maritime and fisheries research, developing marine technology capacity and marine resource-based alternative energy, managing marine and coastal ecosystem in a sustainable and integrated way, conserving fishery resources and forming a marine policy studies center, Fadel explained.

During the signing, a 30-member Korean delegation was present to also accompany Chief of the Land, Transportation and Maritime Commission of the South Korean House of Representatives Kwang Keun Chang.

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