Speaking at the June 14 ceremony, FM Minh expressed his delight at the fine development of Vietnam-Indonesia relations, especially after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to Vietnam in 2010 and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Indonesia in 2011.

He proposed that the two foreign ministries closely coordinate in speeding up the implementation of the 2012-2015 Action Plan and exchanging high-ranking delegations.

Purnomo thanked Vietnamese ministries, agencies, social political organizations, and friends for their cooperation during his term of office in Vietnam and said he will continue sparing no effort to help tighten Indonesia-Vietnam ties.

Pitono Purnomo is paying a working visit to Vietnam as head of the Policy Analysis and Development Agency of Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry in the framework of cooperation agreement signed between the two Foreign Ministries.