RI-ADMINISTRATION WITH NO CHANGE OF NEW ENGLAND
London, 13 / 5 (AFP) - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the UK, Ireland and the International Maritime Organization, Yuri Thamrim, said relations between Indonesia and the new government under the British Conservative party leader will not change.
Conservative Party leader David Cameron took over the position of Prime Minister of England, Tuesday (12 / 5), and form a full coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party and smaller.
"I congratulate all the people of the UK with the formation of a new government under the Conservative Party," the Ambassador said in a special interview with the correspondent Between London, Wednesday.
According to the Ambassador, he also has established close relations with leaders of the Conservative Party leader and a signal that Indonesia is an important country in Asia.
Even e-mails posted David Cameron as Conservative Party leader and new Prime Minister to the British Embassy in London a few hours after he faced the Queen of England.
While Gordon Brown to resign as prime minister to end 13 years of Labour government the center-leftist.
Indonesian Ambassador hoped relations with the new British government will still be built up well and getting stronger. So far, Indonesia and the UK have established relationships in various fields.
According to the Ambassador, the relations between Indonesia and the UK has been relatively tight, since the two countries together as a democratic country and there is also achieved concrete benefits both countries.
Democracies do not war with each other to help each other but on the contrary, said former spokesman for the Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
This close relationship is not just simply on the basis of existing normative base, but also concrete and real. RI-UK relations was due to close for British investment in Indonesia's second largest after Japan with a cumulative total from 1967 to 2009 amounted to 40 billion U.S. dollars.
According to the Ambassador, in terms of trade are also closely where the total trade of Indonesia reached 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, and English is also where many of Indonesian students' learning.
While British tourists to Indonesia is also one of the largest in Europe around 160 thousand a year.
As a fellow Democratic Republic and the UK countries are also cooperating in facing international challenges such as counter terrorism and the environment and the achievement of the Millennium Goals.
"I see a trend of British RI relationship is getting stronger," said Yuri Thamrin because of the normative base fellow democracies and where the material basis of trade and investment cooperation in addressing international issues are also very strong.
Meanwhile, the bilateral side, there are as many as 38 of the MoU signed by both countries in the field of investment, cooperation
environment, forestry, transporasi and education that could encourage further cooperation.
Also, visit each other between officials of both countries, quite intensively in the last year not less six British minister to visit Indonesia, even President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended the G-20 meeting in London in 2009.
Visit each other high officials of both countries also provides opportunities for international cooperation and also the existence of a partnership forum of both countries.
Currently the priority Embassy in London is working closely with the new government under David Cameron still stranded
tenderly.
According to Yuri Thamrin, England clayey Indonesia as a country with high economic growth and also established firmly in the field of investment.
Attention to establish close relations with Indonesia there, the Ambassador said, because the British saw Indonesia as a democratic country with the largest Muslim population in the modern world but still go together, so the Ambassador.
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