The Philippines and Indonesia recently conducted their virtual 8th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Trade, Investments, Handicrafts and Shipping in a bid to increase trade and investments between the two countries.
“This is the first bilateral meeting convened by the Philippines since the onset of the pandemic. Convening the JWG with Indonesia is of strategic importance to the Philippines given the many commonalities we share. With the challenging times ahead, working together as two of the biggest economies in Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] to address the unprecedented crisis is the best recourse,” Rodolfo said.
“The Philippines is committed to consider the proposals given its relevance to both the Philippines and Indonesia as archipelagic states with common borders, and taking into account the developments in sub-regional integration,” said Rodolfo.