Hakan Fidan Visits Indonesia To Expand Türkiye-Indonesia Trade And Defense Ties Toward $10 Billion

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan visited Indonesia to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, strengthening trade and defense ties, and addressing regional and global security challenges, with the visit described as scheduled for Wednesday, June 3.

“Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto held an 'extremely productive' meeting in Jakarta as the two countries aim to reach a bilateral trade volume target of $10 billion, according to Turkiye's top diplomat”

Al Jazeera

Fidan told reporters that his meetings in Indonesia after his Singapore visit were “highly productive,” covering defense cooperation and energy as well as artificial intelligence and the halal food industry.

Al Jazeera

The talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Foreign Minister Sugiono focused on projects aimed at reaching a $10 billion bilateral trade volume target set by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Prabowo Subianto.

Fidan said the two sides “evaluated in detail the projects that will help us reach the $10 billion trade volume target,” linking the discussions to a multidimensional agenda between Türkiye and Indonesia.

The agenda also included regional and international issues, with Fidan saying the two sides reaffirmed close coordination on the Palestinian issue and exchanged views on developments in the Middle East and strategic balances in the Asia-Pacific region.

In Jakarta, Fidan said his contacts in Indonesia were “extremely productive” for following up on the multifaceted issues on the agenda, as Türkiye and Indonesia aimed to reach a bilateral trade volume target of $10 billion.

Al Jazeera reported that Prabowo expressed appreciation for Türkiye’s support in the repatriation of nine Indonesian citizens who had been abducted by Israel as part of the crackdown on the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 humanitarian mission bound for Gaza.

Daily Sabah

Fidan’s remarks also tied the cooperation agenda to regional stability, with Al Jazeera quoting a statement from Indonesia’s presidency saying “regional stability should be maintained through dialogue, diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of disputes.”

The same Al Jazeera account said the two sides exchanged views on developments in the Middle East, with particular attention to Iran and Palestine, and that the discussion included defense, energy, transportation, and the halal food industry.

VOI.ID similarly framed the visit as a platform for Fidan to stress coordinated international action in response to Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza, provocative measures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the expansion of the occupation by Israeli forces in Lebanon.

Multiple outlets tied the visit’s economic goal to a $10 billion trade target, with VOI.ID saying Fidan would stress cooperation in infrastructure, energy, transport, digitalization, artificial intelligence, high technologies, and halal food industries to help raise bilateral trade to $10 billion.

“The foreign minister said Ankara and Jakarta are prepared to pursue more concrete cooperation in key sectors as the two countries work toward achieving a $10 billion bilateral trade volume Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Wednesday that his meetings in Indonesia were highly productive, covering a broad range of issues from defense cooperation and energy to artificial intelligence and the halal food industry”

Daily Sabah

Caliber.Az reported that Fidan described the meetings in Jakarta as productive and focused on strengthening cooperation across defense industries, energy, transportation, artificial intelligence, and halal-certified products.

The Daily Sabah account said the talks reviewed projects aimed at achieving the $10 billion target set by Erdoğan and Prabowo Subianto, and it quoted Fidan saying “We evaluated in detail the projects that will help us reach the $10 billion trade volume target.”

Beyond trade, the sources placed the diplomacy in a broader framework of coordination on Palestine, with Daily Sabah saying Türkiye and Indonesia would continue their intensive cooperation as two friendly nations sharing common values and goals.

VOI.ID also placed the visit in a longer timeline of institutional ties, noting that the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council held its first meeting in Jakarta in February 2025 and that subsequent meetings were expected in Türkiye in 2027.