Jakarta – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is due to arrive in Indonesia on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing tour of South-East Asia.
Ghani and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are expected to discuss bilateral cooperation as well as peace building in Afghanistan, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said.
“Afghanistan is Indonesia’s partner in promoting peace and security through the promotion of moderate Islamic values,” the ministry said.
The ministry said Indonesia was committed to supporting peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, which has grappled with a violent Taliban insurgency for 16 years.
The two countries are set to sign agreements on education, agriculture and bureaucratic reform.
Nearly 4,000 Afghan asylum seekers have languished in Indonesia for years while awaiting resettlement to a third country.
Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Ghani’s trip to Indonesia follows a three-day visit by the Afghan president to Australia, which included a meeting with the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Turnbull and Ghani signed a memorandum of understanding for the Afghanistan-Australia development partnership worth 320 million Australian dollars (242 million US dollars) over four years to 2020.
-dpa
