Raisi visits Indonesia at the official invitation of his counterpart Joko Widodo.
He is heading a high-ranking delegation made up of cabinet members and ministers including Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, Oil Minister Javad Owji, and Minister of Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour.
This is the 12th foreign trip by President Raisi since he took office in August 2021. The trip is aimed at deepening economic, political and cultural relations between Iran and Indonesia, which established their diplomatic ties some 70 years ago.
Before his departure, Raisi told reporters at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport that the level of economic and trade ties between the two countries is significant, adding, however, that it should be elevated to a higher level.
He noted that Indonesia is an important country in southeast Asia, which possesses a key position in regional and international arrangements, stressing that the expansion of cooperation with aligned nations is among the policies of his administration.
The Iranian president told reporters that documents aimed at expanding cooperation in economic, trade, cultural, customs and sanitation will be signed during his three-day stay in Jakarta. He added that both Iran and Indonesia are supportive of sustainable peace in the region.
Raisi is scheduled to meet his Indonesian counterpart and top parliamentarians, and will address businessmen and thinkers in that country as well.
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