Indonesia President Prabovo Subiento said that the relationship between the two countries is getting ‘strong’ again.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Indonesian counterparts Prabovo Subioto in the western attempt to separate the country after the war against Ukraine.
On Thursday, Putin and Prabovo met Russian Russian St. Petersburg and signed the announcement of a strategic partnership.
Indonesia’s sovereign wealth funds and the Russian Direct Investment Fund, whose CEO was in St. Petersburg, signed a contract to make an investment of 2 billion Euros ($ 29 2.29 billion).
In a statement after the discussion, Prabovo said that the relationship between the two countries was “strong again”.
He said, “Today, my meeting with President Putin was intense, warm and productive. In all sectors of economics, technical cooperation, trade, investment, agriculture – all of them have made significant improvements,” he said.
In addition, at a meeting at the Constantine Palace, Putin grouped emerging economies as a whole member of Indonesia’s BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).
“Our relationship with Indonesia is constantly evolving. The turnover of trade is increasing. We have good possibilities in many promising and very interesting areas of cooperation,” Putin said.
He said, “It includes agriculture, space and energy as well as military technical cooperation. Our dialogue is very good and it is growing,” he added.
The biggest economy in Southeast Asia depends on coal as a source of power, despite the huge potential for renewable energy sources like hydro, solar and groundwater, our Indonesia is trying to promote electricity generation while it is considered as nuclear remedies.
Due to Jakarta maintaining a neutral foreign policy, there is a delicate balance between regional rivals, China and the United States.
But Prabovo, who came to power last year, considers diversifying the country’s alliance rather than relying on Western partners.
His decision to exclude G7 summit This week, the fear of leaning of Moscow in favor of Putin in Canada has increased in favor of Moscow, analysts said two countries took the first joint naval exercises last year.
Meanwhile, the Russian leader said he and Prabovo will take part in the full session of St. Petersburg on Friday.
