The governments of Indonesia and Germany have agreed to start the process of initiating a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on maritime issues and on vocational education at the Indonesia-Germany Bilateral Steering Committee (BSC) in Jakarta on April 17.

Muhammad Anshor, director-general of the US and Europe at the foreign ministry said the BSC has reviewed the Jakarta Declaration as mandated by President Joko Widodo and Chancellor Angela Merkel