JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi held a bilateral meeting with the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs, Infrastructure and Transportation of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) Yun Seong-Won, Monday (21/3). The Minister of Transportation took advantage of this meeting to invite the airline from the Ginseng country to reopen flights to Bali.
"I would like to inform you that Bali has reopened to foreign tourists, therefore I encourage the Republic of Korea (South Korean) airlines to fly back to Denpasar-Bali," explained the Minister of Transportation.
The cooperation agreement or Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) in the form of grants are: first, the cooperation in the Master Plan for Improving Bus Terminal in the Republic of Indonesia and Implementing Transport System (ITS) as pilot projects to be implemented by the Directorate General of Land Transportation. And second, the cooperation between the Basic Design and Pilot Project of Bus Information Management System (BIMS) for Jakarta which will be implemented by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ).
So far, the two countries have carried out a number of collaborations in the transportation sector, including: cooperation in the development of transportation human resources through scholarship opportunities for Ministry of Transportation employees to continue their studies at the Strata 2 (S2) level in South Korea. (LM)