REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Nigeria was interested in the railway coaches produced by PT. Industri Kereta Api (KAI). In her visit to Nigeria, both countries talked about potential cooperation on the business.

Retno said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had instructed to follow up the cooperation. “To follow it up, we had processed some, for example by PT Inka. They talked to ministry of transportation and Nigerian corporations. Some were interested to buy it,” said her in Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (June 8).

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Nigeria was not only interested in buying Indonesian railway coaches, but they also asked capacity building for its human resources. There were also a signing of cooperation between Garuda Maintenance Facility and a Nigerian Airways in plane maintenance. Retno said the two-years-cooperation valued about 3.4 million US dollar.

During her visit, Retno joined a meeting with 14 Indonesian corporate operated in Nigeria. Most of them had dominated their own markets. Business on instant noodles had been developed in Nigeria and brought good chances for Indonesia.

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