Pars Today
Indonesia’s state-owned Pertamina says it will sign an agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) next month to develop two oil and gas blocks in Iran.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has sailed on a warship near remote islands in the South China Sea that are claimed by regional powerhouse China.
Indonesia has dismissed China’s statement that the two countries have overlapping claims in the South China Sea, following recent encounters between Chinese ships and Indonesian navy vessels.
Flash floods and landslides have left two dozen people dead and 26 others missing in Indonesia’s Central Java Province.
A helicopter has crashed in a remote region in eastern Indonesia leaving the pilot dead and three passengers critically wounded.
Iranian Minister of Oil Bijan Zangeneh will meet his Indonesian counterpart in Tehran on Monday to discuss fresh energy cooperation, the Shana news agency says.
President Hassan Rouhani emphasized that Tehran and Jakarta should reinforce their mutual cooperation to help solve the current problems and crises facing the Islamic world.
Indonesian officials have started preparations for a new wave of executions in the country despite global outrage one year ago over Jakarta’s putting to death of several foreign drug convicts.
President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that the ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh would last to help end the conflict in the disputed region.
China has denied that its coast guard vessel entered Indonesian waters, reiterating that Beijing respects Jakarta’s sovereign rights.