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JAKARTA, Sept 3 Asia Pulse - Australia and Indonesia have strengthened their trade and economic ties with a reaffirmed deal between Australia's northern eastern state, Queensland and Central Java Province, an Australian Embassy media release said here.
Announcing a new bilateral Memorandum of Understanding, Queensland's Premier and State Minister for Trade, Peter Beattie, said that Queensland and Central Java had reaffirmed their longstanding sister state relationship by extending the link for another five years.
The new memorandum was signed at Parliament House in Brisbane this week, by Mr Beattie and Central Java's Vice-Governor, Mr H. Ali Mufiz.
Beattie said the new arrangements would cover agribusiness and food, urban and regional development, road and transport infrastructure, trade and investment, education and training and tourism industry development.
"The memorandum sets out a comprehensive agenda that is achievable in the five-year time-frame," he said.
Indonesia is an important trading partner for Queensland. In 2005-06, Indonesia's total exports to Indonesia were worth .6 million or 2.3 per cent of Queensland total merchandise exports.
"The sister State ...
Source: HighBeam Research, CENTRAL JAVA, QUEENSLAND EXTEND SISTER STATE LINKS.