Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Thai counterpart Kasit Piromya met here on Monday to discuss efforts to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fishery field.

"We agreed to promote bilateral cooperation in the fishery field. We plan not only to permit Thailand to fish in Indonesian waters but also invest here," Marty said at a joint press conference with Kasit at the Foreign Ministry building here on Monday.

Marty said the concerned officials from the two countries were drafting a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of fishery cooperation. He expected the draft to be finished within the next six months.

Meanwhile, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya who was making an official visit to Indonesia on Feb 14-15, 2010, emphasized the importance of fishery cooperation between the two countries.

Indonesia, he said, was one of the world`s largest fish producers while Thailand was one of the countries with the biggest fish processing industries in the world.

"We hope the cooperation will be of mutual, not unilateral benefit." Kasit said adding the MoU on fishery cooperation would prevent illegal fishing activities which had been happening for many years in both countries` waters. (*)

Editor: Aditia Maruli

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