TEHRAN – Indonesia’s newly-appointed ambassador to Tehran, Ivan Veiranata Etmaja, met Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki here on Saturday and handed over a copy of his credential to him.

Mottaki insisted on the need for expansion of ties with Indonesia in all spheres.
Regional and international issues as well as bilateral relations were also discussed in the meeting.
Indonesia envoy, for his part, underlined deepening friendship between the two important states in Asia.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini confirmed on Sunday reports that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to visit Iran in the near future.
Iranian foreign minister also called the upcoming OIC summit very important at such a “sensitive time” that Israel has launched extremely violent attacks against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip at the silence of international community and international bodies.
Senegal will host the 11th Organization of Islamic Conference summit early this month.
Touching on the reprint of a cartoon desecrating Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in some Danish newspapers, Mottaki said in this meeting the Islamic world should send a “clear message” to those countries which show disrespect to Islam so that no one would dare to desecrate Islamic sanctities.
In a reference to Iran’s cooperation with International Atomic Energy Agency, Mottaki advised the UN to “show a realistic and valorous sovereignty” and step away from imposing “unilateral pressure” on states like Iran.
Indonesia as a member of the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council has voiced reservations about the need for a third set of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
Indonesia’s UN Ambassador Marty Natalegawa took a line against sanctions, hinting that his country might abstain during the vote or even vote against the resolution.
“We have yet to be convinced that more sanctions are the most reasonable way to go at this time,” Natalegawa told reporters.
The UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei presented a report on Iran’s nuclear program to the IAEA Board of Governors on February 22 which vindicated the country by reaffirming its nuclear transparency.
“The agency has been able to continue to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran,” ElBaradei said in the report