Jakarta, June 12 -- Foreign Minister Sugiono has said that Indonesia believes there's a need to strike a balance between pursuing development goals and protecting the environment.

"Building infrastructure needs also to consider the preservation of the environment, as well as addressing the issue of the environment itself," he expounded at the International Conference on Infrastructure (ICI), which was followed online from Jakarta on Thursday.

According to the minister, sustainable infrastructure development is not merely rhetoric. It can serve as a bridge between nations, a foundation for collective resilience, and a real manifestation of shared responsibility, he said.

This shared responsibility is reflected in two projects launched b...