Jakarta, March 4 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions is prepared to help accelerate rural development in West Papua by optimizing the implementation of various programs, including the export village initiative.

"Villages can now directly conduct export through village-owned enterprises (BUMDes)," Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Minister Yandri Susanto said while receiving West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan at the ministry's office here on Wednesday.

In line with that, Susanto urged the West Papua provincial government to thoroughly map out the potential of villages that could be developed for export activities.

In addition to export villages, the minister noted that the ...