JAKARTA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia planned to deliver capacity building programs to several South Pacific countries so as to enhance capabilities of those countries in several sectors, an Indonesian senior minister said on Friday.
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Wiranto said that the assistance programs requested to Indonesia among others were the trainings to host and organize international events, police works, fishery and seaweeds processing.
Besides the assistance programs, Indonesia and countries in the region also look forward to enhance trade cooperation.
"We are now arranging those capacity building programs and how to deliver it to them," the senior minister said on the sidelines of his meeting with representatives of 43 related agencies regarding the assistance programs for South Pacific countries.
Cited to results of his discussions with those leaders, Wiranto said that Indonesia and those countries have a common understanding and shared similar notions in efforts to further develop South Pacific countries.
Indonesia Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi, who attended the meeting, said the arrangement of capacity building programs was part of Indonesia's efforts to further strengthen the nation international relations.
