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Diah Roro Esti Widia Putri, Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Trade, revealed that a virtual meeting held with Omar Hajjira, Morocco's Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, and attended by Morocco's Ambassador to Indonesia, Radwan Al-Husseini, featured discussions that 'focused on concluding a bilateral trade agreement,' with both sides seeking mutually beneficial access to each other's markets.
On the Moroccan side, the Secretariat of State for Foreign Trade stated in an official communiqué that the virtual meeting was dedicated to officially launching the bilateral working group, which will be tasked with strengthening the economic partnership between Morocco and Indonesia.
In a statement to the electronic newspaper Hespress, Hajjira disclosed that the two sides agreed to organize a visit by the Indonesian Deputy Minister of Trade to Morocco in early 2027, in order to assess the work of the joint committee and hold meetings bringing together Moroccan and Indonesian private-sector players. He clarified that 'this visit will take place based on the progress of the technical consultations of the bilateral working group'.
The Moroccan Secretary of State considered that the prospective agreement would give 'a new boost' to the existing agreement between the Moroccan Institute of Standardization (IMANOR) and Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Agency, signed in May 2026. He added that this would help tangibly enhance Moroccan exports to the promising Indonesian market as well as to the broader ASEAN region.
Hajjira noted that the second meeting of the joint committee, expected at the end of next September, will address a number of technical topics aimed at developing trade between the two countries, including the palm oil file, which ranks among the key items on the negotiating agenda.
Source: Hespress