Indonesian president to visit Ukraine in 2018

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to visit Ukraine in 2018, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported. 

The issue of the upcoming visit was raised during the ceremony to present credentials to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko from the ambassadors of Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and Spain. 

"During a conversation with Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Yuddy Chrisnandi, the head of state emphasized the prospects for developing partner relations between the countries in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian spheres, in particular in the context of the agreements reached after the Ukrainian president's state visit to Indonesia in 2016. The interlocutors exchanged views on deepening cooperation as part of international organizations. The question of the forthcoming visit of the president of Indonesia to Ukraine next year was raised," reads the statement.

The sides also discussed preparations for the next meeting of the Ukrainian-Indonesian intergovernmental commission on economic and technical cooperation, which is to be held in Kyiv in 2018.

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