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Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Indonesia Valiollah Mohammadi on Tuesday (Feb 12) in Jakarta said that he is optimistic the trade value batween Indonesia and Iran can reach 2 billion US$ in 2020. To Voice of Indonesia, the Ambassador said that both countries have a big potential to increase the economic cooperation especially in trade and investment sectors. The potential of cooperation between Iran and Indonesia is spread in various regions and provinces in Indonesia. He admitted that he has visited several places in Indonesia to see the opportunity of ties improvement between the two countries. He even believed that the value of cooperation can be increased to 20 billion US$ in the next few years. Energy is one of promising sectors to elevate trade and investment cooperation between Indonesia and Iran.

“I’m sure if we can go the same direction we can reach to 2 billion in 2020. I believe that we can reach to the 20 billion USD not for tomorrow or next year, during 5 or 6 years, we can reach to that because there is potential for cooperation. Of course several section we can work together but I think energy is number 1. When we are talking about energy we are tallking about electricity, gas, petrochemical, oil, defineries, power plant station and Iran have a lot of achievement in these fields,” said Valiollah Mohammadi.      

Indonesian and Iranian trade volumes in 2018 reached 1 billion US$ or about 13 trillion Rupiah. Some leading commodities that have been exported to Iran are coffee, palm oil, rubber, textile, shoes and electronics. Good relation between Indonesia and Iran that has been created for years according to Ambassador Valiollah Mohammadi is part of the success of Iran Revolution in 1979. (VOI/Ndy/trs.NK)