JAKARTA. During his working visit to the United Kingdom, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited an exhibition hosting five Indonesian designers, showing his support for the creative industry.

Jokowi hoped the exhibition held in the Fenwick Department Store in New Bond Street, Mayfair, London, would inspire more Indonesian designers to export their products to Britain. "It is the beginning of a cooperative era that will provide opportunities for Indonesian designers to penetrate the British market," he said in a press statement on Wednesday, in local time.

The five Indonesian designers are holding the exhibition to promote young Indonesian designers and their work to international fashion week shows. The exhibition will last for one month until May 17.

The young Indonesian designers featured in the "Indonesia Fashion Forward" exhibition are Toton Januar, Sheila, Peggy Hartono, Ari Seputra and Yessy Randy W. Kusumo.

The exhibition, Jokowi said, was an example of Indonesian and UK cooperation.

Earlier, during a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, he asked the two countries to tighten cooperation in the creative industry, including in fields such as handicrafts, performing arts, dance and design.

The government, through the Creative Economy Board, will provide budgetary support for the creative industry, Jokowi said. "But the most important thing is that there is cooperation in training and in bringing the products to the market in accordance with trends," he said. (Ayomi Amindoni)

Editor: Dupla Kartini