JAKARTA (XINHUA) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced that Indonesia has decided to join the New Development Bank (NDB) following a meeting with NDB President Dilma Vana Rousseff at the Presidential Palace.
Prabowo said the meeting between the two parties took place in a warm and productive atmosphere, noting that the discussion covered Indonesia’s short-, medium- and long-term development plans.
He said that one of the main topics in the discussion was the official invitation from the NDB to Indonesia to join as a member.
Prabowo confirmed that Indonesia has decided to move forward with the NDB membership process following an evaluation by the country’s Ministry of Finance.
He hoped that Indonesia’s membership in the NDB could encourage the acceleration of national development transformation.
