Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Boediono called for enhanced economic cooperation among countries taking part in the 7th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Wednesday to address the increasingly formidable economic challenges.

"The world has just experienced very serious economic meltdown and has not yet recovered from it. Now is the right time for us to cooperate in dealing with the challenge and hindrance to the only access to recovery, namely economic growth," the vice president said in an emailed statement to ANTARA. (source )