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Moment of the signing of the collaboration agreement between CEOE and KADIN./ Photo: CEOE

The Diplomat. 15/07/2018

The CEOE business delegation concluded its visit to Malaysia and Indonesia last Friday, during which it held important meetings with authorities and representatives of employers, ministries and investment agencies of both countries and signed cooperation agreements.

On Friday, the last day of the tour, the members of the Confederation met in Jakarta with representatives of the Indonesian Ministries of State Enterprises and Public Works and Housing in order to analyze the current situation of these sectors and the existing business opportunities for Spanish companies.

The CEOE CEO, Joaquim Gay de Montellà, took the opportunity to announce that a major delegation from the Asian country will visit Spain at the end of September, where a business seminar will be held in the CEOE.

Gay de Montellà was accompanied in this meeting by the director of the Office of the President, International and Institutional Relations of CEOE, Narciso Casado, and by the president of the Committee for Asia and Oceania of the International Relations Committee, Tomás González.

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The Confederation tour of Indonesia and Malaysia concludes with important ministerial meetings

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The previous day, the delegation participated in an Indonesian-Spanish business meeting, organized by CEOE, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indonesia (KADIN) and the Commercial Office of Spain in the Asian country, which was attended by more than 140 businessmen from both countries. It is the largest business delegation that has traveled in recent years to Indonesia.

During that meeting – attended by the ambassador of Spain in Indonesia, José María Matres, and the general director for America and Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Muhammad Anshor – the CEOE signed a collaboration agreement with KADIN to encourage investment and the presence of companies from both countries in Spain and Indonesia.

As for Malaysia, the business delegation of CEOE, accompanied by the general director of International Trade and Investment of the Secretary of State for Commerce, José Luis Kaíser, and by the general director of the Chamber of Commerce of Spain, Inmaculada Riera, met Wednesday with representatives of the Ministries of International Trade and Industry and Transport. The ambassador of Spain, Carlos Domínguez Díaz, also participated in both meetings.