JAKARTA (Antara): Visiting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he would help speed up the lifting of the ban on Indonesian airline flights to the European Union (EU).
The European Commission and I would do whatever they could to speed up the lifting of the ban, said Barosso at a joint press conference with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after a bilateral meeting at the State Palace on Friday.
Barroso also said he respected Indonesia's efforts to improve the technical standards on the safety of its flights at home and to Europe.
President Yudhoyono said in the meeting the government had asked the European Commission to lift the ban which had been imposed since June.
He also expressed hope that aviation cooperation between Indonesia and Europe would soon being normal, with Indonesia had taken first step by improving its safety standard.
The President said government would continue the effort by consulting and cooperating closely with the European Union in technical level.
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