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Seoul, Jakarta boost partnership
경전철·가스·발전 등 8조원 印尼 인프라 참여 추진
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President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with her Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a summit at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-kee
President Park Geun-hye shakes hands with her Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo during a summit at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. / Korea Times photo by Hong In-kee

By Kang Seung-woo


President Park Geun-hye and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to boost their 10-year strategic partnership, Monday, as Seoul seeks to participate in Jakarta's infrastructure projects valued at $6.7 billion.

The two heads of state also pledged to intensify efforts to increase bilateral trade, pushed down by the drop in oil and gas prices.

Park and Widodo held a summit at Cheong Wa Dae after the latter arrived in Seoul, Sunday, for a three-day state visit.

President Widodo's trip is reciprocating President Park's state visit to Indonesia in October 2013, and is the first visit by the Indonesian president for a bilateral summit since his inauguration in October 2014.

According to Cheong Wa Dae, Indonesia is pushing ahead with gas pipeline projects in Palembang and Bali, worth $600 million, and the Korea Gas Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Indonesian counterpart to participate.

Park asked Widodo to help Korean firms win projects for the construction of power stations in three regions, which may lead to a combined $4 billion deal.

As the Southeast Asian nation will host the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, it has plans to revamp transportation and launch several infrastructure projects.

During the summit, the Korea Rail Network Authority inked a MOU to participate in a $2.1 billion light-rail transit project.

Along with these two, Park and Widodo observed the signing of nine others, including one to bolster cooperation on various maritime affairs.

"Beyond the fields of infrastructure and energy, we shared the view to strengthen bilateral cooperation in fresh sectors like the environment, creative industry and maritime industry to find a new growth engine," Park said during a joint press conference after the summit.

She also said they agreed to increase exchanges of human resources, culture and defense to turn their ties into a "comprehensive partnership."

Indonesia is Korea's second-largest investment destination and third-largest trade partner among the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

However, amid the sluggish global economy and the declining price of raw materials, the bilateral trade volume decreased from $30.8 billion in 2011 to $16.7 billion in 2015.

During the summit, the two leaders found room to expand bilateral trade.

Korea has asked Indonesia to faithfully follow the Korea-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA) because the nation's 65 items exported to Jakarta still face high tariffs. She also asked Widodo to reconsider its anti-dumping regulations on Korean steel products.

In addition, the two sides agreed to discuss how to ease tariffs on additional items.

According to Park's office, an additional lowering of 2 percent in tariffs will increase the nation's exports to Indonesia by $35 million.

During the summit, the two leaders also discussed the North Korean nuclear issue and global terrorism.

Widodo told the press conference that he expressed his support for the U.N. sanctions imposed on the North for its fourth nuclear test.

The Indonesian president also said he proposed to Park exchanging intelligence between the two nations to tackle terrorism.


경전철·가스·발전 등 8조원 印尼 인프라 참여 추진

경전철과 가스·발전 사업 등 최대 67억 달러(약 7조9천억원)에 이르는 인도네시아 인프라 사업에 우리 기업이 참여하는 방안이 추진된다.

박근혜 대통령은 16일 청와대에서 조코 위도도(통상 조코위 대통령으로 호칭) 인도네시아 대통령과 정상회담을 하고 양국 경제협력 확대 방안을 논의한 결과, 이러한 내용이 포함된 11건의 양국 간 양해각서(MOU)가 체결됐다고 청와대가 밝혔다.

조코위 정부가 제3차 중기개발계획을 수립해 낙후된 인프라의 대대적인 정비·구축에 나선 가운데 양국 정상은 에너지(가스 6억달러, 발전 40억달러)와 교통(경전철 21억달러) 분야에서 우리 기업의 적극적인 참여 방안을 논의했다. 

양국은 우선 총 363㎞의 인도네시아 팔렘방·발리 가스배관 건설 사업(6억달러 규모)에 한국가스공사가 컨소시엄을 구성해 대표사로 참여하는 내용의 MOU를 체결했다.

오는 2018년 자카르타 아시안게임 개최를 앞두고 인도네시아 정부가 총 20㎞ 구간에서 추진 중인 자카르타 경전철 사업(총 21억달러) 중 3천800억원 규모의 1단계 사업(5.8㎞)은 한국철도시설공단에 돌아갔다.

우리 기업들은 투자금 회수를 보증받는 조건으로 2단계 사업에도 참여키로 잠정 합의했다.

박 대통령은 또 우리 기업들이 참여를 희망하는 총 40억달러 규모의 인도네시아 석탄화력 발전사업들의 입찰 재개 또는 장기전력수급계획 반영을 인도네시아 측에 요청했다.

아울러 1만7천500개 이상의 섬으로 이뤄진 인도네시아와 수산·해양 산업 전반에 걸쳐 다양한 협력사업을 발굴하고 추진하는 내용의 해양협력 MOU, 방송·영화 콘텐츠와 패션 등의 창조산업 교류 활성화를 위한 창조산업협력 MOU도 체결됐다.

이와 함께 박 대통령은 최근 한국산 열연강판과 스테인리스 냉연강판에 대해 예정된 반덤핑 규제조치의 재고를 요청하고, 인도네시아 정부가 자동차와 철강 등 65개 품목에 대해 한-아세안 자유무역협정(FTA) 특혜관세율보다 높은 세율을 적용하는 관행에 대한 수정도 요청했다.

또 인도네시아 통합 토지정보 공유시스템 구축사업과 에너지 연구개발 등에 대해서도 양국 간 협력을 강화하기로 했다. (연합뉴스)
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