Jakarta, (Antara) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said regional  and international conflicts must be settled peacefully.

"Indonesia is ready to be motor  in creating peace in Asia as  well as in the world," Jokowi said as a lead speaker at the G-7 Outreach Meeting in Shima, Japan on Friday.

The summit meeting took place at the Shima Kanko Hotel the Classic, with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the moderator.

Jokowi said it is time for the world to be aware of the importance of settling conflict without creating bigger conflict.

"Settling conflict militarily or by force would lead to other forms of violence such as extremism, even humanitarian crisis," he said.

Jokowi said Indonesia does not want Asia to be torn by conflicts  and become battle ground for big powers.

All nations without exception should abide by international law, otherwise peace and stability  could not be maintained, he said.

The world affairs are no long a bipolar issue  as many emerging countries have proved to be able to contribute greatly to settling global problems.

Therefore, emerging countries should be involved in creating world order, he added.

On the sidelines of the summit meeting, Jokowi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held bilateral talks on wide ranging issues.

The two leaders discussed mainly economic cooperation between the two countries  including in the construction of the Patiban port project in West Java.

Abe said he hoped the issue of auto tariff  could be settled immediately.

Jokowi said auto tariff issue  and problem in market access for fishery, farm and horticulture products  could settled  at the same time as one package.

Other issues raised in the meeting included cooperation in the construction of power plant in Batang  and rail way across the northern coast of Java.

The meeting  was the fourth between the two leaders in less than two years reflecting strong relations between the two countries.

Trade between the two countries has continued to expand in the past several years to reach US$31.27 billion in 2015 favoring Indonesia with a surplus of around US$5 billion.

Japan is the the third largest investing country in Indonesia with investment valued at US$2.87 billion in 2,030 projects in 2015.(*)

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