Iran delivered telesurgical robots to Indonesia: Minister
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour says Iran has delivered state-of-the-art telesurgical robots to Indonesia.
Zarepour, who is also the head of the Joint Economic Commission of Iran and Indonesia, made the remarks in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN) late on Tuesday.
He added that more than 100 Indonesian surgeons were trained to use the robot, named Sina after prominent Iranian polymath Ibn Sina (Avicenna), which has been produced by Iranian knowledge-based companies and experts.
According to the minister, both sides have stressed the need to boost scientific and technological cooperation, especially in the field of medical equipment.
Elsewhere in his comments, Zarepour said Tehran and Jakarta are firm on implementing the agreements reached between the two sides during President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Indonesia.
He said the implementation of the agreements will be followed up soon with the formation of the 13th economic commission between Iran and Indonesia in Tehran so that both nations would benefit from the fruits of the bilateral agreements.
He explained that Iranian and Indonesian teams had held negotiations in recent months, especially since last week, to finalize the agreements inked earlier on Tuesday.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, President Raisi departed Tehran for Jakarta late on Monday for a two-day state visit which he described as a turning point in the development of ties between the two Muslim nations.
On Tuesday, the two sides signed 11 cooperation documents and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to develop economic and political interactions in different fields.
