On Monday, June 10, the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
held a meeting with the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
Airlangga Hartarto at the State Duma. They discussed issues of the development
of bilateral relations between Russia and Indonesia.
Vyacheslav Volodin emphasized that “relations should be developed on the principles of mutual respect, bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation, and, of course, non-interference in the affairs of sovereign states.”
The Chairman of the State Duma expressed confidence that the meeting would give new impetus to development of cooperation between the two countries. “We attach great importance to the development of relations with Indonesia,” he stressed and suggested creating new forms of interaction at the inter-parliamentary level to achieve concrete results.
Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to create a high-level commission between the State Duma and the Parliament of Indonesia. “On the one hand, this will systematize our relations, on the other hand, it will help reach a new, absolutely different level of cooperation, and we will be able to discuss the agenda for the development of relations between our countries within the parliamentary dimension,” emphasized the Chairman of the State Duma.
“If we look at the results of the first quarter, the trade growth is 17%, and in 2023 the trade turnover reached more than 4 billion dollars. This indicates that we have good potential for the development of relations,” said Vyacheslav Volodin. According to him, “we can highlight the oil and gas industry, space exploration, peaceful nuclear energy, agriculture, the development of relations in the field of transport, pharmaceuticals and, of course, military-technical cooperation.”
The Chairman of the State Duma added that the tourism industry had always great potential, as well as educational cooperation.
Airlangga Hartarto supported Vyacheslav Volodin. “We should support as much as possible fruitful and effective cooperation between the Russian Federation and Indonesia on both sides. And this cooperation, of course, should reflect the interests of both countries,” the Minister said.
