“Today, we are witnessing a good age of relations between Iran and Indonesia,” said President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran in his meeting with Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian Vice President, on Thursday in Istanbul.
Rouhani held that interactions between the officials of the two countries speed up the bilateral relations and voiced hope that more serious steps to be taken in developing economic ties between the two countries.
“Now, after the removal of anti-Iran sanctions and the resumption of banking communications, the way for activating economic relations is paved and the two countries should sieze the opportunity to take advantage of the potentials and capacities,” said President Rouhani referring to years of relations and the visits of presidents of both countries to the corresponding capitals.
Energy, tourism, science, culture, and research were the areas listed by President Rouhani that could be the ground work for bilateral cooperation between Tehran and Jakarta and the Iranian official stressed upon the necessity of easing the way for development of ties.