14.04.26
Fitria Wibowo Tavares, diplomat, spouse of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Russia: “BRICS membership helps us so much in terms of addressing issues of common concern”
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Photo source: TV BRICS
At the end of 2025, Indonesia signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. The new trade regime between the two parties provides preferential access to 90 per cent of goods from the Indonesian side. The EAEU covers 90.5 per cent of the product range for the new partner. Meanwhile, Moscow and Jakarta continue to strengthen their strategic partnership. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visited the Russian capital twice in 2025.
What benefits does the Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union bring to Jakarta? What unites Russian and Indonesian art?
Fitria Wibowo Tavares, diplomat, spouse of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Russia, answered these and other questions in the BRICSterview.
TV BRICS reporter: Leonid Samuna
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