Jakarta, Dec. 10 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto instructed his ranks to formulate strategies to enhance trade ties with Pakistan, considering the many potential areas of cooperation between both nations.

Prabowo, speaking to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressed his commitment to balancing the trade balance between the two countries, as currently 90 percent of Indonesia-Pakistan trade is still dominated by Indonesian exports to Pakistan, particularly palm oil.

"I have instructed my ministers to balance our trade relations through concrete steps, and we will work quickly across all sectors," he said during a joint statement at the official residence of the Pakistani Prime Minister (PM House) in Islamabad, Pakistan,...