jakarta. Indonesia and Singapore agreed on Monday an arrangement to allow essential business and official travel between the two countries to resume amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The foreign ministries of Indonesia and Singapore said in a joint statement on Monday that Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan passed The phone call sealed the deal.
Known as the Travel Corridor Arrangement (TCA) in Indonesia and the Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) in Singapore, the arrangement will allow eligible travelers to travel between the two countries for business or official purposes.
“These travelers must comply with the Covid-19 prevention and public health measures mutually agreed between the two countries, including pre-departure and post-arrival Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swabs by mutually recognized health institutions,” the ministries said. detection” stated in the statement.
Indonesia and Singapore plan to open RGL/TCA applications on October 26 and resume travel soon.
In March, Singapore required tourists from Indonesia and other ASEAN members to submit health information and obtain approval from Singapore’s Ministry of Health before traveling to Singapore.
Indonesia, on the other hand, has banned any foreigners from Singapore from entering the archipelago since April. However, Law and Human Rights Minister Yasona Laoly said last week that the country’s immigration agency was working to reverse the rule to secure the travel corridor agreement with Singapore.
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