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The African continent has been one of the regions that has been the target of strengthening Indonesia's economic diplomacy in the past year. Following the instruction of the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, at the beginning of 2018, who emphasized Indonesian representatives abroad, especially in the African region, to expand economic cooperation. Senegal and Ivory Coast, are two countries currently opening opportunities for Indonesia in that regard. Charge de Affaires of business authority of the Indonesian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, Didik Trimardjono, said recently, Senegal was a potential "Entrance Gate" for Africa for various Indonesian export products both non-traditional and non-strategic industries, such as food to textiles.

"I was summoned by the minister of Senegal's National Development Planning Board recently, he said that he wanted to explore a possibility of becoming an agent or distributor of what is called here, the Jakarta motorbike," said Didik Trimardjono.

Didik explained that for strategic products, for example, Senegal was recorded to have purchased CN235 type aircraft which are produced by PT Dirgantara Indonesia and it has committed to purchase ships, 10 locomotive train units and plans to purchase around 50 tank units. (KRBN / RETNO / AHM)