Indonesia leader Jokowi hopes for Japan partnerships in renewables, infrastructure

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia,on Friday, April 29, 2022. - Reuters

JAKARTA, April 30 (Reuters): Indonesian President Joko Widodo olr better known as Jokowi on Friday told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida he hoped to have partnerships between their countries in renewable energy, and for Japanese firms to be involved in infrastructure in Indonesia's new capital.

Jokowi, as the Indonesian president is known, also said he had stressed to world leaders as president of the G20 that the war in Ukraine must stop, and said Japan and Southeast Asian countries should work together to ensure a peace plan in crisis-torn Myanmar advances.