For the year 2013, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) will sharpen priorities of bilateral cooperation with its strategic partners and friendly countries, says Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.

 Marty Natalegawa.

For the year 2013, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) will sharpen priorities of bilateral cooperation with its strategic partners and friendly countries, says Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa.

The move is another area that the first of the nine key areas of concern the government of Indonesia for 2013 presented the annual Secretary of State in a press statement here on Friday.

"This means sharpening Indonesia priority cooperation with partner countries in accordance with the potential and opportunities that lie with each country," he said.

In addition to the increase in trade, investment and tourism, attention is also given to other areas of cooperation such as food and energy security, defense, health, and the environment.

Here are the nine key areas of concern for the Indonesian government in 2013:
Sharpen priorities of bilateral cooperation with its strategic partners and friendly countries
In addition to the traditional market consolidation, economic diplomacy is also directed at the expansion of non-traditional markets. According to data by the end of 2012, Indonesia nontraditional export markets in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe up respectively 46 percent, 43 percent and 87 percent compared with the same period in 2011. "Along with the onset of economic recovery in Europe and some of the traditional markets of Indonesia, in 2013, in addition to economic diplomacy will continue to seek opportunities and penetrate non-traditional markets, will also sharpened the traditional Indonesia market opportunities particularly in Indonesia's strategic partner," said Marty.
Intensified border negotiations with neighboring countries in accordance with Indonesia's national interests and the rules and norms of international law.
Improving the protection of citizen / TKI (Indonesian Citizen / Labor Indonesia) abroad to prioritize on three aspects: prevention, early detection and protection. Marty mengeaskan that the preventive stage was able to reduce the number of incidents by nearly 50 percent from 38,880 cases in 2011 to 19,218 cases in 2012. In addition, the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) in handling the repatriation of citizens of the country was hit by the conflict, as happened recently in Syria.
Maintenance of peace and stability at regional level, in 2013 Indonesia will continue to be consistent across the country mengingatlkan how important embracing Bali Principles agreed at the East Asia Summit in Bali in 2011.
Sixth is the consolidation of democracy and the values ​​of human rights (Human Rights) at the regional and global levels. According to Marty, the last two years there are still many challenges facing the countries in the ASEAN region, although since 2003, Indonesia continued to push for democracy and human rights agenda priorities of the ASEAN community.
Together with countries in the region, to strengthen the resilience and economic growth in the region.
To contribute to the maintenance of peace, security and justice in the global order.
Encouraging the development of the world economic order and equitable.