How can the media and diplomats promote RI?
The local media should provide more coverage of trade fairs to help improve Indonesia’s trade relations with other countries, writes Aimee Dawis The Jakarta Post Tuesday, March 17, 2009 By Aimee Dawis Early this year, during a meeting at the Trade Department, Mari Pangestu, the Trade Minister, presented the Trade Department’s agenda, projects and plans for 2009. The presentation included a schedule for international trade fairs the Trade Department will hold throughout the year, at locations such as Shanghai, and China where the World Expo expects to bring in at least 70 million visitors. A combined promotional schedule for investment, trade and tourism in 2009 was also unveiled, with coordinators such as the Trade and Foreign Services Departments. The schedule outlined plans for Indonesia’s participation in the Seoul Food and Hotel 2009 Expo in South Korea, the Foire Internationale d’Alger in Aljazair and the 6th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning, China. Toward the end of the meeting, the T
