Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan plans a visit to Indonesia on Wednesday to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, boosting trade and defense ties, and addressing regional and global security challenges, Foreign Ministry sources said Tuesday. It will be the second stopover in the Asia tour, where he traveled to Singapore on Monday. Türkiye looks at further collaboration with the Asian countries, as evidenced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's three-nation Asia tour in February 2025.
Fidan is expected to discuss steps to further strengthen cooperation across various sectors in line with the political will demonstrated by the leaders of the two countries.
He is expected to emphasize the importance of deepening cooperation in infrastructure, energy, transportation, digitalization, artificial intelligence, high technology and halal food industries to help increase bilateral trade volume to $10 billion. Fidan is also going to review ongoing defense industry projects and assess potential new areas of cooperation.
On Gaza, Fidan is set to reiterate that Türkiye and Indonesia remain in close consultation on developments in Palestine and will continue joint efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace.
