In the meeting, Rezakhah said that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes broadening ties with Indonesia in all fields, adding that existing capacities for expansion of cooperation needs these ties to be deepened more than ever.

He also pointed to many historical and cultural commonalities as well as great potentials of the two countries which pave the ground for expansion of bilateral cooperation. Rezakhah then pointed to last month’s visit of Iranian inter-parliamentary delegation to Jakarta and its meeting with Indonesian officials, and said that in the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Summit several issues like the dispute between Russia and Ukraine were raised, noting that both Iran and Indonesia believe that the dispute should be resolved through dialogue.

He reiterated that Majlis welcomes and supports any joint investment and activity for broadening cooperation in favor of public interests of the two countries like in the economic, industrial, medical, pharmaceutical, oil and petrochemical, tourism and construction fields.

He also called for lifting of some tariffs on imports of Iranian goods which has worsened recently.

Then Indonesian Ambassador Mr. Prasetyo Yuliantoro, for his part, pointed to the amicable relation of his country with Tehran, adding that the two countries had constructive interactions during the inter-parliamentary summit and called for broadening bilateral ties.

He went on to say that these cooperation can accelerate with imminent visit of Iranian and Indonesian Parliamentary Friendship to Jakarta and Indonesian Parliament Vice-Speaker to Tehran.

The Indonesian diplomat further emphasized developing economic cooperation and joint interactions between Tehran and Jakarta in the fields of oil and petrochemical products especially through barter trade, adding that Indonesia welcomes joint investment cooperation with Iran in different fields to meet the existing demands for maximum broadening ties.

Then he said Indonesia is keen to expand its cooperation and interactions with Iran in all fields.

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In the meeting which was arranged at Mashhad Chamber of Commerce where some economic activists of Indonesia and Iran where present, Shafei said Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country in the world and it has a stable and developed economy and it enjoys an important place in the world economic and political relations, adding that Iran considers Indonesia as a good opportunity for entering the ASEAN market.

He noted that both countries fortunately enjoy having valuable political relations but he believes both countries have not taken advantage of their economic capacities. He called the economic potentials of the country complementary and called the mentioned capacity a good opportunity for defining joint co-operations and noted some of the goods being produced in Indonesia are needed in Iran and in return some of Iranian products have good markets in Indonesia.

Shafei added that for example two products of saffron and precious stones from Khorasan Razavi can be welcomed by the Indonesians and currently Iran and Khorasan’s turquoise has customers in Indonesia.

He then pointed to the economic potentials of Khorasan Razavi Province and stipulated that the strategic location of this region has caused that major parts of east-bound exports or transit of goods of Iran are done via Khorasan Razavi Province.

Shafei noted that Mashhad itself for the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) hosts 30m tourists mainly religious tourists annually and the tourism potentials of this city have valuable potentials for attracting international tourists from Muslim states in the East Asia.

He expressed hope this visit of ambassador to Mashhad to be an opening for cooperation between Iran and Indonesia and invited the members of Indonesia’s Chamber of Commerce to visit Iran.

Shafei then pointed to the role of ambassadors in strengthening the economic relations and said despite good economic relations between the two states, the economic activists of the two countries are unaware of the potentials and capacities for cooperation, and exchange of trade delegations and holding joint economic events can boost information and acquaintance of the economic activists with economic capacities of the two states.

Then Indonesian Ambassador Yuliontoro, for his part, said that Indonesia is also keen to develop economic relations with Iran because there are huge potentials in the economic sector of the two countries and all should work to improve it.

He also called for holding a joint webinar between the chambers of commerce of Iran and Indonesia and said Indonesia is keen to study fields for the joint investments and to prepare the ground for the cooperation of the private sectors of the two countries in those fields.

He also said that tourism and halal products that Indonesia is one of the biggest producers and exporters are of good examples for these good potentials.

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Beiki said that using high quality and competitive products in exports is a suitable solution for enhancing the economic relations with other countries.

He added that there have been great common points in trade exchange between Markazi Province and Indonesia and this meeting can be a new chapter for interaction between the two countries and it should continue.

He noted that oil and oil products are of the necessary needs of Indonesia, and added that Markazi Province as one of the important provinces of Iran in the field of oil industry can be a good option for expanding trade between Iran and Indonesia.

He went on to say that by the way, the presence of big and specialized industries in this province as the fourth industrial pole of the country is of the other advantages of this province which can encourage Indonesia for restoring trade relation with Iran.

Indonesian Ambassador Yuliantoro, for his part, expressed his satisfaction over the meeting with Arak Chamber of Commerce members and officials and welcomed the presence of Markazi Province industrial units as the fourth industrial pole of Iran in the market of Indonesia.

He stated that Indonesia with its 270m population can be a good market for any country, adding that Iran’s exports to Indonesia are mostly in the field of oil, gas and petrochemicals that LPG is also among them. He noted of course, in the field of non-oil exports, Indonesia imports aluminum, iron and steel from Iran.

The Indonesian diplomat added that Indonesia is very interested in expanding cooperation in the field of agro products, noting that dried fruits and pistachio are also exported by Iran to Indonesia but Jakarta is eager to cooperate in other fields of agro products and to import more agro products from Iran.

Yuliantoro went on to say that herbals are the other field in the agro products that both countries have good potentials in it, adding that saffron is good opportunity for exports to Indonesia, reiterating that Indonesia has also some capacities which can be exported to Iran.

He welcomed the invitation of Arak Chamber of Commerce for visiting Markazi Province in the near future, and suggested a video conference to be held in cooperation between Embassy of Indonesia and Arak Chamber of Commerce.

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Naderi said fortunately there are good co-operations between Iran and Indonesia as the most important country of the Muslim world and Asia, expressing hope that these cooperation would increase day in day.

He went on to say that Iran’s Majlis is ready to boost the cooperation between the two countries in the fields of parliamentary diplomacy like friendship group and multilateral cooperation in the international parliamentary communities.

Naderi said Iran and Indonesia can have good consultations in the regional and international parliamentary bodies like in Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC).

Then Yuliantoro, for his part, said the ties between Tehran and Jakarta have always been very good and Jakarta had had good cooperation with Tehran in all fields, expressing hope during his stay in Tehran he could expand ties with Iran and everybody witnesses it.

He added IPU is one of the most important international parliamentary bodies whose meetings are held and Indonesia’s representatives have had active presence.

In mid-April, Iran’s Foreign Minister Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid a visit to Indonesia where  he discussed trade and economic issues with his Indonesian counterpart, the two countries said.

Zarif emphasized the importance of finalizing a preferential trade agreement in his talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

He expressed Iran’s readiness to continue negotiations, it said in a statement.

“Supporting the international law as well as exchanging views on the latest developments in the Afghanistan peace process were among other issues discussed in the meeting,” it said. The United States has said it will withdraw its last troops from Afghanistan in September.

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TEHRAN – Indonesian Ambassador to Iran Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro said that Indonesia is willing to develop trade and economic cooperation with Iranian province of Kerman.

Speaking in the online meeting of Kerman-Indonesia joint commission of economic cooperation, Yuliantoro said MoUs earlier signed on economic cooperation between Kerman provincial officials and Indonesian business activists, but, after imposition of sanctions against Iran, relations were not materialized.

Indonesia needs pistachio imports which should be supplied by Kerman businessmen, he added.

Meanwhile, Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammad Azad said volume of Iran-Indonesia trade was about $2b before U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and it reduced and amounted to over $1b in 2020.

Thanks to joint cooperation between Kerman province of Iran and Java of Indonesia, both sides can sign sisterhood agreement, he noted.

He suggested forming consortium and business groups to advance economic cooperation.

Chairman of Kerman chamber of commerce Mehdi Tabibzadeh, for his part, said that the grounds for economic cooperation have been explored.

He singled out some factories in Kerman province, whose raw materials are supplied by Indonesian partners.

He added that Indonesia is one of the important countries for Iran and Kerman Province, adding that the chamber has studied the grounds for bilateral trade as he believes in a win-win trade for both sides.

Tabibzadeh further said that some of Iran’s best plants are active in Kerman that they use raw material which is provided by Indonesia or can be provided by this country.

He said Kerman Province is after exporting its products to Indonesia and in return the province would import its needed products.

He added that the chamber has invited all officials of the major industrial units in the province to prepare the ground for a bigger trade with Indonesia.

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