Meeting of Russian-Indonesian intergovernmental commission to be held in Moscow in October - Lavrov

JAKARTA, August 9. /TASS/. The next meeting of the Russian-Indonesian intergovernmental commission will be held in Moscow in October, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following his talks with Indonesian top diplomat Retno Marsudi on Wednesday. "We have confirmed the goal set by that our leaders, which is to increase the volume of trade to five billion dollars," the Russian foreign minister said. "The current volume of our trade is nearing three billion dollars and I am sure that we will rapidly move forward," Lavrov added. According to him, during the talks it was also confirmed that Russia "will provide favorable conditions for Indonesia’s exports, particularly as far as fish and other foods are concerned." "We have also agreed that we will continue to ensure favorable conditions for each other’s companies," the Russian top diplomat pointed out. "All these issues will be thoroughly discussed at the 12th meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, which we have agreed to hold in Moscow in October," he added. Read more