JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Singaporean counterpart Dr Vivian Balakrishnan have agreed to continue discussions on safe travels between the two countries, including via a bilateral vaccinated travel lane (VTL).
After a meeting between the ministers on Tuesday (Nov 16), the Indonesian foreign ministry wrote in a statement: “Both parties agreed to continue discussions on VTL arrangements bilaterally (reciprocally).
“The two foreign ministers also discussed details of the implementation of the unilateral VTL granted by Singapore to travelers from Indonesia on a point-to-point basis, namely from Jakarta to Singapore.”
According to the statement, Mdm Marsudi said: “The Singapore foreign minister said that Singapore’s unilateral VTL implementation was based on, among other things, trust in the system, the continued improvement in the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia and the higher vaccination rate.”
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