Jakarta/Ankara, April 11 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed strategies to boost bilateral trade volume to US$10 billion.

The commitment to increase the trade volume from the current US$3 billion was discussed in a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders and the bilateral meeting between Indonesia and Turkey at the Turkish Presidential Palace in Ankara on Thursday local time.

In a statement received on Friday, Erdogan announced that the two countries are exploring opportunities to broaden cooperation and establish new partnerships in the defense, construction, health, energy, and food industry sectors.

"We discussed potential steps to increase trade volume to reach a ...