A number of Japanese business leaders led by the head of Japan`s Kaidanren (chamber of commerce), Hiromasa Yonekura. expressed their commitment at a meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at his office here on Monday.
Indonesia`s chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa, who flanked President Yudhoyono at the meeting, said the Japanese business leaders were ready to cooperate with Indonesia as the biggest member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to realize the ASEAN connectivity by 2015.
Hatta said the Japanese business leaders also expressed their commitment to the development of priority metropolitan area included as one of the Indonesian development corridors.
President Yudhoyono on the occasion briefed about the country`s economic development which keeps progressing and therefore would need quick infrastructure development growth.
"The President presents five areas where cooperation needs to be increased namely transportation, food sector, renewable energy development including geothermal, environment and power plants," Hatta said.
Before meeting with the President the Japanese business leaders were received by vice president Boediono and visited the office of the coordinating minister for economic affairs, Hatta Rajasa.(*)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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