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ICA-CEPA completion one of president's priorities: Minister Hartarto

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 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The completion of Indonesia-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (ICA-CEPA) negotiations is one of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) priorities, Coordinating Minister for the Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said. "The completion of the ICA-CEPA is one of the president's priorities, in addition to encouraging the implementation of Indonesia - Canada halal certificate cooperation," he said, according to a press release issued by the Coordinating Ministry for the Economic Affairs on Saturday (May 27). According to the press release, he made the statement in a bilateral meeting with Canadian International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business, and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng in Detroit, the United States, on Friday (May 26). The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting as well as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Ministe...

Look: Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah Kashyap gets engaged, flaunts her diamond ring

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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap known for films like 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 'Gulaal', 'Dev.D', 'Ugly' and several others, is on cloud nine as his daughter Aaliyah is now engaged to her longtime partner Shane Gregoire. She took to her Instagram to share pictures. The pictures shared by Aaliyah are from Bali, Indonesia. Sharing her engagement ring on instagram she captioned the post: "Sooo this happened. To my best friend, my partner, my soulmate and now my fiance. You are the love of my life. Thank you for showing me what real and unconditional love feels like. Saying yes to you was the easiest thing I've ever done and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you, my love. I love you forever and always fiance (still can't believe I get to call you that AAHHHH)." Anurag, who is currently attending the Cannes Film Festival with his film 'Kennedy' set for the midnight screening section at the prestigious film fest, also shared the...

ASEAN Leaders Declare War Against Human Trafficking, Promote Local Currency Transaction

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  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathering in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, for the 42nd ASEAN Summit produced a number of documents, including the declaration on combatting human trafficking due to technology abuse and promoting transactions using local currency settlement (LCS). Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who is this year's ASEAN chair, called for unity in his opening speech of the high-level meeting at Meruorah Komodo, Labuan Bajo, today, May 10. He highlighted the global economy that has not yet fully recovered and rivalries and various challenges to global dynamics that are increasingly unpredictable. The declaration documents stated cooperation and coordination against trafficking in persons (TIP) caused by misuse of technology through various regional mechanisms and ASEAN initiatives, including by increasing the capacity of law enforcement and related institutions of each member. ASEAN leaders also agreed to advance regional payment connectivity by taki...