{"id":755,"date":"2023-05-23T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=755"},"modified":"2023-05-23T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:25:21","slug":"indonesia-irans-raisi-meets-widodo-in-jakarta-signs-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/indonesia-irans-raisi-meets-widodo-in-jakarta-signs-trade-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia: Iran&#8217;s Raisi meets Widodo in Jakarta, signs trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo as part of a two-day visit to Jakarta aimed at strengthening economic ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leading a high-level delegation, Raisi was officially welcomed by Widido shortly after arriving today. The two presidents took part in a ceremony symbolising peace and friendship between the two countries by planting a sapling at the Merdeka Palace, after receiving a 21-gun salute,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2023\/05\/23\/703929\/Iran-Indonesia-Raeisi-Joko-Widodo-welcome-ceremony-documents-cooperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PressTV<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"K5udvTYHbLk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran-Indonesia trads talks: Presidents meet to strengthen economic relations\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K5udvTYHbLk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pair later signed a preferential trade agreement (PTA), the second deal of its kind struck between Indonesia and a Middle Eastern country. The first agreement was signed in July of last year with the UAE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran&#39;s President Ebrahim Raisi visits Indonesia to meet his counterpart Joko Widodo in a bid to strengthen economic ties between the two countries <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULdFNlR6Xm\">pic.twitter.com\/ULdFNlR6Xm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRTWorldNow\/status\/1660941138549698563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widodo, speaking after the signing ceremony, said he hoped that the agreement &#8220;would increase trade between Indonesia and Iran&#8221; but did not provide details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trade between Tehran and Jakarta dropped from $715.5 million to $141.6 million in 2019 after the US imposed sanctions on Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"shzrvF5WOj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/2023\/05\/23\/morocco-minister-calls-for-strengthening-trade-relations-with-spain\/\">Morocco minister calls for strengthening trade relations with Spain<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Morocco minister calls for strengthening trade relations with Spain&#8221; &#8212; diplomatic\" src=\"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/2023\/05\/23\/morocco-minister-calls-for-strengthening-trade-relations-with-spain\/embed\/#?secret=S4uITJYRZ7#?secret=shzrvF5WOj\" data-secret=\"shzrvF5WOj\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking through a translator, Raisi said that &#8220;sanctions and threats will not stop us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Partnerships and relationships with neighbouring countries and Islamic countries and countries with the same views are our priority,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before leaving Jakarta later tomorrow, Raisi will also meet with Indonesia&#8217;s House Speaker Puan Maharani, religious figures and business people. He&#8217;ll also visit Jakarta&#8217;s Istiqlal Grand Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, and give public lectures in an Islamic university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widodo&#8217;s last trip to Iran was in 2016 while the last official state visit from Iran was in 2015 when former President Hassan Rouhani attended the 50th commemoration of the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/indonesia-iran-sign-preferential-trade-agreement-2023-05-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, under the PTA, Iran will give Indonesia greater access to products like processed food and pharmaceuticals, textile, palm oil, coffee and tea, while Indonesia will lower tariffs for Iran&#8217;s oil and chemical products, metals and some dairy products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo as part of a two-day visit to Jakarta aimed at strengthening economic ties. Leading a high-level delegation, Raisi was officially welcomed by Widido shortly after arriving today. 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