The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has decided to develop concrete plans for financial support for the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GOI), after a basic agreement was reached on February 21 between Japanese Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, Mr. Shinsuke Suematsu, and the Indonesian Minister of Finance, Dr. Sri Mulyani Indrawati on the following financial support of up to JPY equivalent to US$1.5 billion through JBIC.
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The foregoing support is expected to contribute to the stability of the Indonesian economy and the stabilization of the international financial system.
As an effort towards "responding to disruptions in the financial order in the international economy," one of the fields for accomplishing its mission, JBIC intends to commit itself to addressing the current global financial crisis by mobilizing a variety of financial tools, including this financial support.