Spouse of Ambassador of Indonesia to Russia, Fitria Wibowo Tavares: “BRICS membership helps us so much in terms of addressing issues of common concern”

About this episode

Fitria Wibowo Tavares discusses the benefits of Indonesia's Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union and the cultural ties between Russia and Indonesia.

At the end of 2025, Indonesia signed a Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union. The new trade regime between the two parties provides preferential access to 90 per cent of goods from the Indonesian side. The EAEU covers 90.5 per cent of the product range for the new partner. Meanwhile, Moscow and Jakarta continue to strengthen their strategic partnership. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visited the Russian capital twice in 2025. What benefits does the Free Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union bring to Jakarta? What unites Russian and Indonesian art? Fitria Wibowo Tavares, diplomat, spouse of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Indonesia to Russia, answered these and other questions in the BRICSterview. TV BRICS reporter: Leonid Samuna

People in this episode

Host: Leonid Samuna

Guest: Fitria Wibowo Tavares

Topics covered

• Free Trade Agreement
• Eurasian Economic Union
• Indonesia-Russia relations
• strategic partnership
• art collaboration

Keywords

• BRICS
• Indonesia
• Russia
• Free Trade Agreement
• Eurasian Economic Union
• strategic partnership
• art
• trade
• diplomacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eurasian Economic Union, TV BRICS

Places: Indonesia, Russia, Moscow

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