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The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia received a bilateral visit of Morocco's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mounia Boucetta at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jakarta, Tuesday, 13 February. To the reporter, A. M Fachir explained, in the meeting, they discussed the development of cooperation relations between the two countries. During the meeting, Morocco expressed its support to Indonesia to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UN).

 
"Yes this is a visit from the Secretary of State from Morocco, my counterpart, essentially we are trying to discuss how to promote relationships and cooperation. We are grateful to Morocco for supporting us to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Then that also we have no political problems, but we always work together on international issues. But bilaterally our challenge is how to translate that good in mutual cooperation, "A.M Fachir said.

 
A.M. Fachir added that in the meeting he also stressed the need to have an agreement between Indonesia and Morocco to facilitate Indonesian businessmen in Morocco. Indonesia itself in January has proposed a draft of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to Morocco. The draft agreement is scheduled to be discussed in the near future so that Indonesian businessmen in Morocco can improve their performance. According to A.M. Fachir,the latest data collected related to trade between Indonesia and Morocco, there was a significant decline in trading volume at 110,000 US Dollar, which previously reached 150,000 US Dollars. (VOI/Rezha/AHM)