The Deputy Minister of Worldwide Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, has concluded his profitable go to to Bali, Indonesia, the place he participated within the Excessive-Stage Discussion board on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (HLF-MSP) and the Second Indonesia-Africa Discussion board (IAF) from 1-3 September 2024. The 2 occasions had been convened below the theme, Bandung Spirit for Africa’s Agenda 2063.
The targets of the Second IAF had been to:
facilitate the trade of views and views on the present state and future traits of worldwide financial system and improvement
share successes, classes discovered and greatest practices with broader communities to encourage and encourage others to interact in related inclusive partnerships
present an avenue to debate methods to boost worldwide cooperation amid advanced international challenges
determine strategic, possible, and doable insurance policies and techniques; and
encourage collaborative problem-solving and work collectively to handle challenges and leverage one another’s strengths and sources.
Through the Second Indonesia-Africa Discussion board (IAF), Deputy Minister Botes offered South Africa’s intervention on the Joint Leaders Session, the place he mentioned: “As we’ve got accomplished the primary decade of Implementation of the AU Agenda 2063, primarily focussed on convergence, we now enter its second decade which places emphasise on acceleration of implementation. We want to reassure the Authorities of Indonesia of South Africa’s dedication to the total and efficient implementation of the AfCFTA, as one of many key elements in the direction of financial integration on the Continent.”
Deputy Minister Botes additionally mirrored on the present state of multilateral cooperation, saying: “The worldwide governance structure is at a crossroads, because it struggles to handle [a myriad of] challenges afflicting humankind whereas governing relations between states and people between states and non-state actors. Within the midst of those challenges, we decide to our Pan-African mantra, as espoused by the AU Agenda 2063 and to deepen solidarity with the International South, together with with Indonesia”.
The Deputy Minister additionally met along with his counterpart, the Vice Minister of International Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Pahala Nugraha Mansury, and mentioned South Africa’s enthusiasm to work carefully with Indonesia to additional broaden and deepen political and financial relations.
The Deputy Minister concluded his go to by taking part in a panel dialogue themed, Connecting the South: Enhancing Logistics Connectivity to Help Commerce in Growing International locations. Members mentioned measures to sustainably enhance commerce connectivity within the International South and replicate on the effectiveness of worldwide cooperation in addressing infrastructure improvement gaps.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: Division of Worldwide Relations and Cooperation.