Jakarta, Dec. 9 -- Turkish Ambassador to Indonesia Talip Kucukcan stated that his country wants to increase bilateral cooperation and trade with Indonesia.

"Our priority here is, first of all, to support and strengthen our strategic relationships. How can we do this? Of course, we have to invest in trade. We should invest in more bilateral engagements," Kucukcan said during a special interview with ANTARA, here on Monday.

He believes that increasing bilateral engagements is necessary given the increasingly close and strategic relationship between the two countries, marked by mutual state visits by the two leaders this year.

"Because when these bilateral visits took place in 2025, the two leaders came together twice. This is quite unusu...