Jakarta, March 21 -- Papua New Guinea is keen to take a cue from Indonesia, as its role model, on ways to boost economic development and enhance partnerships in the Pacific region.

Papua New Guinea's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rimbink Pato opined that his country would be able to derive immense economic benefits by learning from Indonesia about the principles of peace, friendship, and partnership among countries in the Pacific region.

"Indonesia will be at number four in our generation," Pato remarked during the Indonesia South Pacific Forum (ISPF) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia's Pancasila Building, Jakarta, on Thursday.

Pato said several international experts had estimated that Indonesia would become t...