Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations and Digitalization (CDTO) Anton Demokhin paid a working visit to the Republic of Indonesia (Jakarta).
During his visit, Anton Demokhin had numerous bilateral meetings with Indonesian partners from both public and private sectors. He met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Pahala Nugraha Mansury, Head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency Sahat Manaor Panggabean, Head of the “National Single Window” Agency of the Ministry of Finance Muhammad Agus Rofiudin, Deputy Head of the National Border Management Agency, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indonesia (KADIN) and the Ministry of Industry.
The participants discussed cooperation and support of Ukraine in its confrontation to Russian aggression, exchange of experience and launching of bilateral cyber dialogues with interested parties. An important topic was the digitization of the state structures and business environment of Indonesia in the context of Ukrainian experience in digital transformations of the public sector, exploiting of "Diya" and "Trembita" digital ecosystems, as well as the "Diya.Engine" platform for creating and supporting operation of electronic registers.
The Ukraine's cyber diplomacy chief also spoke about the measures taken by the Government of Ukraine to increase the resilience in the cyber sphere to malicious external interventions and tackling corruption. Anton Demokhin called upon Indonesian side for strategic coordination of international efforts for secure future by deepening existing and introducing new cyber dialogues.
Due to the positive results achieved due to the active implementation of digitalization of their business processes by Ukrainian enterprises, the meetings with Indonesian private businesses placed significant emphasis on this aspect. The parties discussed the importance of a rapid transition from traditional business methods to the utilizing and use of digital technologies, the interchange of views related to experiences and accomplishments in the IT field, and outlined areas that could become the basis for mutually beneficial cooperation. Both sides agreed to hold additional working meetings in the near future to deepen bilateral cooperation.
Taking into account the historical cooperation between Ukraine and Indonesia in the grain export prior to the Russian aggression, Anton Demokhin had meeting with the management of "Bogasari" company affiliated with one of Indonesia's leading food manufacturing conglomerates "Indofood." He informed the Indonesian side about the humanitarian food program of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy "Grain from Ukraine", which aims at supplying grains to the world's neediest people. The Deputy Minister informed that Ukraine has resumed and is actively increasing grain exports in 2023 and called for a return to purchasing Ukrainian grain at the state level.