Berlin (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting here agreed to ensure a positive and constructive outcome of the climate change summit in Copenhagen.
"We talked about the conference in Copenhagen and there were some things that needed to be confirmed (for the meeting`s success)," said Merkel at a joint press conference with Yudhoyono at the German Chancellor`s office in Berlin on Tuesday.
She said, having played an important role in the Climate Change Summit in Bali and being host to one of the world`s widest forest areas, Indonesia would come to the Copenhagen summit with good experience in facing an impasse.
Meanwhile, President Yudhoyono noted that the past few weeks had seen intense discussions among world leaders on the issues to be discussed at the Copenhagen summit.
"In our view, the developed and developing countries must do more and I believe Indonesia and Germany are both in the same position," Yudhoyono said.
He said the Copenhagen summit which was only a few days away was expected to be able to forge an agreement despite the obstacles.
"I hope that despite the hurdles, the Copenhagen summit will produce a document that binds all parties," he said.
At the press conference, Angela Merkel also said she intended to visit Indonesia some time in 2011 as part of efforts to maintain and continuously develop the two countries` cooperation.
She said the good relations with Indonesia so far were manifested in the humanitarian assistance Germany had provided when Indonesia was hit by natural disasters as well as by Germany`s Clean Development Mechanism project aid.
"Although Germany itself is still facing problems caused by the world financial crisis, we remain committed to helping developing countries," she said.
President Yudhoyono for is part said he really appreciated the cooperation with Germany and his government would do whatever was necessary to continuously improve it in the future.(*)
"We talked about the conference in Copenhagen and there were some things that needed to be confirmed (for the meeting`s success)," said Merkel at a joint press conference with Yudhoyono at the German Chancellor`s office in Berlin on Tuesday.
She said, having played an important role in the Climate Change Summit in Bali and being host to one of the world`s widest forest areas, Indonesia would come to the Copenhagen summit with good experience in facing an impasse.
Meanwhile, President Yudhoyono noted that the past few weeks had seen intense discussions among world leaders on the issues to be discussed at the Copenhagen summit.
"In our view, the developed and developing countries must do more and I believe Indonesia and Germany are both in the same position," Yudhoyono said.
He said the Copenhagen summit which was only a few days away was expected to be able to forge an agreement despite the obstacles.
"I hope that despite the hurdles, the Copenhagen summit will produce a document that binds all parties," he said.
At the press conference, Angela Merkel also said she intended to visit Indonesia some time in 2011 as part of efforts to maintain and continuously develop the two countries` cooperation.
She said the good relations with Indonesia so far were manifested in the humanitarian assistance Germany had provided when Indonesia was hit by natural disasters as well as by Germany`s Clean Development Mechanism project aid.
"Although Germany itself is still facing problems caused by the world financial crisis, we remain committed to helping developing countries," she said.
President Yudhoyono for is part said he really appreciated the cooperation with Germany and his government would do whatever was necessary to continuously improve it in the future.(*)
Source: www.antaranews.com
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