Seoul (Antara Bali) - South Korea President Park Geun-hye said her countrys relations with Indonesia had entered a new stage, which is a better one.
"Indonesia is South Koreas main trading partner and investment destination and also main partner at ASEAN, which especially this year enters the 10th anniversary after the two countries built a strategic partnership," she said at a joint press conference with President Joko Widodo at Cheong Wa Dae Palace after a meeting Monday.
The new stage was marked by a number of economic cooperation agreements and efforts to support each other in the foreign political and world security affairs, President Park said.
The number of economic cooperation agreements are aimed at extending the Free Trade Agreement to meet the Korea-ASEAN FTA requirements to create business and investment friendly environment, she said.
"The two countries agreed to deepen their cooperation especially in the fields of creative industry, maritime and environment. Today, various memorandums of understanding have been signed to create synergy in the cooperation," she said.
President Park expressed appreciation for Indonesias move to ask North Korea to meet the United Nations resolutions regarding the use of nuclear weapons.
"I appreciate the Indonesian governments official statement to condemn North Koreas acts such as nuclear tests, launching of ballistic missiles and also test launching of missiles from a submarine," she said.
That the political relations between Indonesia and South Korea are improving are reflected through the cooperation for the development of KFX/IFX fighter jets, based on mutual confidence, she said.
"The two countries leaders have agreed to jointly overcome and prevent terrorism and also radicalism threatening the international community's security," she said when explaining the cooperation between the two countries on counter-terrorism.
President Joko Widodo had met with his South Korean counterpart to discuss efforts to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries.
President Joko Widodo is on a state visit to South Korea from May 15-18. He has also held several meetings with South Korean businessmen.
He is also scheduled to visit Sochi, Russia, to attend the ASEAN-Russia Summit on May 19-20.(WDY)
