Jakarta, July 31 -- Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has expressed optimism that all legal documentation on the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) will be finalized by September 2025.

"Regarding the IEU-CEPA, we believe that all the documents will be finalized in September," he said at a press conference on the EU visa cascade launch in Jakarta on Thursday.

According to Hartarto, with the inauguration of the cascade system, the impact of the IEU-CEPA will be greater for Indonesian business players.

"Moreover, the IEU-CEPA will be in effect; hopefully, it can be accelerated to next year," the minister added.

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