Pangkalpinang (ANTARA News) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda has vowed to help Bangka Belitung host an international conference next year as part of efforts to promote the country`s 31th province abroad.
"I will try to encourage the holding of an international conference in Bangka Belitung next year to make it popular abroad in order to speed up development in the region," he said here on Monday.
Bangka Belitung was endowed with abundant natural resources such as tin, rubber, pepper and oil palm, not to mention its tourist sites, he said.
"Foreign nationals` participation in the international conference will in the future open opportunities for the province to establish cooperation with the international community in the commercial, mining, tourism and agricultural sectors," he said.
He said Indonesia was considered successful in organizing an United Nations climate change conference in Bali this month, thus setting an example for other provinces in the country to host international conferences.
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