02/09/2024 (Antara) Badung, Bali - Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi on Monday revealed that African countries expressed their interest in increasing the capacity of their palm oil industry during their meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

"During the meetings with the President, what was requested a lot was capacity improvement in, for example, palm oil," she said at a press conference on the sidelines of the High-Level Forum on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (HLF MSP) and the 2nd Indonesia-Africa Forum (IAF) here.

Marsudi disclosed that several African nations also expressed a desire to join the Committee of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC).

There were also requests for cooperation to increase health capacity, she said.

Regarding health cooperation, she highlighted that President Widodo and Vice President of Zimbabwe Kembo Dugish Campbell Muleya Mohadi discussed economic cooperation in the pharmaceutical sector during their bilateral meeting.

Indonesia also discussed a master agreement on health technology transfer cooperation with Ghana and a master agreement on vaccine technology transfer cooperation with Kenya.

"Indonesia is ready to partner with African countries, especially in the food, energy, health, and mineral sectors," the minister said.

The 2nd IAF, themed "Bandung Spirit for Africa's Agenda 2063," is being held in Bali from September 1–3, 2024, in conjunction with the HLF MSP 2024, which has adopted the theme of "Strengthening Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Towards a Transformative Change."

With several global stakeholders joining the forum, Indonesia is hoping to play an important role in pushing transformational change that is more inclusive and sustainable at the global level.

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