Jakarta, March 12 -- Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasized the importance of completing the Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA) negotiations during a meeting with the Chilean Ambassador to Indonesia, Mario Ignacio Artaza, on Tuesday.

Both parties consider the completion of the Indonesia-Chile CEPA as important for economic cooperation, especially for increasing investment and improving cooperation between business actors, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

At the meeting, Sugiono also underlined the need to develop cooperation in the downstreaming of critical minerals in Indonesia to increase the added value of domestic commodities.

In addition to economics and trade, Mi...