Jakarta, June 18 -- Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Yandri Susanto, has urged all parties, including regional governments, village governments, and the community, to support the Red and White Village Cooperatives program.

"We must support this program by ensuring all villages form a Red and White Village Cooperative," he said at the launch and meeting on the acceleration of the establishment of Red and White Village Cooperatives in Ambon, Maluku, on Wednesday, according to a statement issued the same day.

He stressed that the cooperatives must be supported, given the program's goal of improving the welfare of village communities.

In addition, he said that the establishment of the cooperatives is expected ...