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Russian, Indonesian top diplomats to meet in Moscow for talks

15 October 2010 02:13 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The foreign ministers of Russia and Indonesia will discuss in Moscow a forthcoming visit of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Russia, a spokesman for the top Russian diplomatic body said, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa will be in Moscow with an official visit on October 15-16 to discuss with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov bilateral cooperation in various spheres.
"The particular attention will be paid to the forthcoming visit of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Russia. This visit is intended to boost the whole range of the Russian-Indonesian cooperation and to broaden bilateral ties," Andrei Nesterenko said.
The ministers’ agenda for the talks, he said, includes discussions of cooperation in the spheres of energy, civil aviation, telecommunications, medicine, agriculture, tourism as well as in military and technical sector.
Russia signed an agreement with Indonesia in September 2007 to provide a $1 billion credit line to the Southeast Asian country for Russian weapons purchases.
Jakarta became one of Russia’s major arms customers in 1999 when the United States tightened an embargo on arms sales to the country over alleged human rights violations.