Indonesia, Iran boost cooperation
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian
President Joko Widodo made an official visit to Iran on December 14 to discuss
cooperation.
In their meeting, Indonesian
President Joko Widod and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed measures to
promote bilateral cooperation.
The two Presidents witnessed the
signing of Memorandums of Understanding between the two countries on
extradition, judicial assistance and cooperation in electricity and investment.
The Indonesian leader also met
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini and other officials.
Indonesia and Iran established
diplomatic ties in 1950 and in August this year, Indonesia announced that it
will soon make a decision on cooperation with Iran in building an oil refinery
in Indonesia.
The plant is planned to be built
on Java island and is scheduled to be completed after four or five years, at a cost
of about 8.4 billion USD.-VNA