Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will sign a joint declaration on the country`s commitment to increase flight safety and security in a summit scheduled for July 2-3 on the resort island of Bali, a Transportation Ministry official said.
"The ICAO`s support to increase flight safety is very strategic especially to coordinate cooperation with relevant parties in implementing the global aviation safety plan and the global aviation safety roadmap," head of the ministry`s public relations service Bambang S. Ervan said on Friday.
The Bali meeting would basically be a follow-up to a strategic action plan drawn up by the ministry to implement its aviation safety plan in the country, he said.
Bambang`s statement came a day after the European Commission said all Indonesian airlines and several from Russia, Ukraine and Angola will be banned from flying to the European Union due to safety concerns.
The ban, to be effective on July 6, was recommended by EU experts in response to a series of air accidents in Indonesia early this year.
However, no airline from Indonesia is operating scheduled flights to any European destination. Garuda Indonesia ceased regular services to Amsterdam and Rome in 2005.
Bambang said ICAO President Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez and ICAO Regional Director for Asia Pacific Office Lalit B. Shah were expected to attend the meeting as ICAO`s guests.
In the course of the Bali meeting, a strategic summit on aviation safety would also be held on July 2-3 and a funding agency meeting on July 4. The two meetings would be attended by representatives of international stakeholders to coordinate assistance and adopt an international cooperation scheme for Indonesia, he said.
The international stakeholders consist of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Directorate Generals of Civil Aviation of several friendly countries, and aviation safety experts of civil aviation authorities in the Asia-Pacific region.
A number of domestic stakeholders including the Office of State Enterprises Minister, the Office of State Minister for Administrative Reforms, the Finance Ministry and the Agency for the Application and Assessment of Technology (BPPT).
Also attending the meeting would be representatives from state airport operators PT Angkasa Pura I and II, the Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA), the Indonesia Air Traffic Controller Association (IATCA) and the Federation of Indonesian Pilots (FPI), as well as relevant industries such as state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia, he said.
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