Suswono Usulkan Working Group RI - Turki

Suswono Propose a Working Group for Indonesia - Turkey

Reporter : Gusmiati Waris
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Suswono Usulkan Working Group RI - Turki
Mentan Suswono (kiri) dan Mentan Turki, Mehmet Mehdi Eker (Foto: Kementan)

Konya, Turki (B2B) - Menteri Pertanian Suswono meminta pembentukan kelompok kerja (working group) untuk menindaklanjuti hasil pembicaraannya dengan Menteri Pertanian, Pangan, dan Peternakan Turki Mehmed Mehdi Eker di Konya, Turki, Selasa siang waktu setempat (27/5).

Pembentukan working group diharapkan Suswono dapat mendukung pencapaian target volume perdagangan senilai US$5 miliar pada 2015.

Dalam pertemuan tersebut, Suswono dan Mehmed Mehdi Eker sepakat untuk meningkatkan kerjasama dalam bidang pertanian, terutama dalam bidang riset dan pengembangan produk-produk pertanian.

Suswono menilai, working group ini penting agar kesepakatan kedua menteri pertanian dapat segera terealisasi, dan berharap nantinya ada pertemuan rutin di tingkat pejabat senior kedua negara untuk membahas teknis kerjasama kedua negara.

“Working group ini penting agar kesepakatan yang ada dapat diimplementasikan di lapangan,” kata Mentan Suswono melalui pernyataan tertulis dari Kementerian Pertanian yang diterima di Jakarta, Rabu.

Konya, Turkey (B2B) - Indonesian Agriculture Minister, Suswono requested the establishment of a working group to follow up the meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Livestock Turkey Mehmed Mehdi Eker, in Konya, Turkey, Tuesday afternoon local time (27/5).

Suswono hoped, the working group to support the achievement of trading volume of U.S. $ 5 billion in 2015.

At the meeting, Suswono and Mehmet Mehdi have agreed to boost cooperation in agriculture, especially the research and development of agricultural products.

Suswono said the working group is very important that the agreement be realized soon, and hope there will be regular meetings between senior officials of both countries, to discuss technical cooperation.

"Working group is very important so this agreement be immediately implementing," Suswono said through a written statement from the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry was received in Jakarta on Wednesday.