Jakarta. Indonesia will helm the ASEAN bloc in 2023, and in the same year, Sweden will assume the chairmanship of the Council of the European Union. The green transition will likely become a large part of the collaboration as the two countries lead the world’s two major trading blocs, according to a Swedish envoy.
“As for the coinciding presidencies, we have not decided yet exactly [the area of cooperation]. But definitely, it will be close to a green transition,” Swedish ambassador to Indonesia Marina Berg said at the Sweden-Indonesia Sustainability Partnership (SISP) event in Jakarta on Monday.
“This includes trying to find ways of collaboration even more efficiently, deeper, and broader cooperation in the green transition,” Berg added.
According to Berg, the two presidencies —backed up by regular political dialogues between both countries— would serve as…