Jakarta, Oct. 22 -- Indonesia called for stronger South-South and trilateral cooperation to expand global market access for creative economy businesses and empower creators, Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said on Thursday.

"Through South-South cooperation and triumphant cooperation, we will share knowledge, build skills, and help creative enterprises grow beyond borders. Because going viral is not the same as going global," Arrmanatha said at the 5th World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in Jakarta.

Economic instruments were increasingly being politicised and used as weapons amid deepening global uncertainty and slowing trade, he said.

For developing countries, he said, such uncertainty is not abstract, as it was reflected in ...