Iranian President Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi said that Tehran and Jakarta enjoy bilateral collaboration in the health sector, and added that 12 major Indonesian hospitals will be equipped with Iranian-made medical equipment.
Raeisi made the remarks on Wednesday upon his arrival at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport after a two-day trip to Jakarta on an official visit at the invitation of his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo.
“At the beginning of our negotiations, medical equipment and robotic surgery system were showcased in the presence of Iranian and Indonesian officials,” he stated.
“As President Widodo announced, 12 major hospitals in Indonesia would be equipped with Iranian-made medical equipment,” President Rayeesi added, stressing all of them have been manufactured with knowledge-based technology.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he described Iran’s policy as economic convergence and multilateralism as well as comprehensive and balanced cooperation with Asia’s emerging powers, such as China, India and Indonesia.
“Our policy in Asia is comprehensive and we intend to cooperate with emerging economies in Asia; both with China and Russia and with India and Indonesia,” the Iranian president continued, adding, “Our economy and that of Indonesia are complementary. During this trip, we were able to sign 11 cooperation documents between the two countries.”
Rayeesi stressed that Iran’s relationship with different countries is based on the “policy of regionalism and neighborliness”.
Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Issa Zarepour, who is the head of Iran-Indonesia Joint Economic Commission, has announced the delivery of a first batch of telesurgical robots developed and manufactured in Tehran to Jakarta.
He said that more than 100 Indonesian surgeons have been trained to use the robots, which are named Sina after the prominent Iranian polymath Ibn Sina (Avicenna), adding that the devices have been manufactured by Iranian knowledge-based companies and experts.
According to the minister, Iran and Indonesia have stressed the need to boost scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, especially in the field of medical equipment.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, President Rayeesi departed Tehran for Indonesia late on Monday for a two-day state visit which he described as a turning point in the development of ties between the two Muslim nations.
On Tuesday, Tehran and Jakarta signed 11 cooperation documents and Memoranda of Understanding to expand economic and political relations in various fields.
