Leaders of Australia, Indonesia and East Timor held their first official trilateral meeting yesterday, discuss the connectivity and the strength of the relationships between the three countries and the potential for more economic cooperation.
President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão agreed to step up people-to-people communication and also discussed improving cooperation in the field of infrastructure, transport, communications and capacity building.
"We want to build better connectivity and economic cooperation. Each of us has the means that mutual benefits can if we can work together, "said Yudhoyono.
Gillard said that further technical discussion in Dili in March or April next year involving officials of all three countries.
The meeting was the continuation of the recent discussions between the Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his colleagues Australia's Bob Carr and East Timor Juan Luis Guterres in New York who came up with a plan to develop connectivity in air connections, sea, environment, telecommunications and education among the three countries.
As a first step, Australia and Indonesia have agreed to blow up the flight from Darwin-Kupang, after Darwin-Dili route is established.
The three ministers met in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly early last month.
Gillard pointed to yesterday's landmark trilateral meeting as a proof of the progress in regional peace and democracy.
"When you have the history of our countries, the history that we share, thinks this is a development that I think is significant," she said.
Gillard stressed the importance of better connections in this globalised era, where the future of the world economy more intense business ties.
"It is also an economic model where a nation and a company delete all things within a single country would do to look at how we connect the supply chain in the region as a whole. That kind of connectivity matters to Australia, Indonesia and Timor Leste. "
Yudhoyono a vision on the development of the eastern part of the country that touches on East Timor, about promoting more trade and investment opportunities for Australian companies there shared.
Previously, Yudhoyono also held bilateral talks with Gillard, accompanied by the foreign ministers of the respective countires.
"The problem of human trafficking is a continuation of the dialogue between our two countries. Australia strongly cooperates with Indonesia on the disruption of human beings, and I am grateful for Indonesia's cooperation on that, "said Gillard.
Leaders of the three countries have learned that the future of their economy is closely linked to the economic development in Asia, which have a significant impact on the global supply chain practice, Gillard said.
Gillard recently launched the "Australia in the Asian century" white paper that Australia's role in Asia's tremendous economic opportunities confirms.
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