JAKARTA, Indonesia

A delegation from Turkey’s leading news wire Anadolu Agency visited the headquarters of Indonesia’s national news agency Antara in the capital Jakarta on Tuesday.

The delegation including Anadolu Agency's deputy director-general and editor-in-chief Metin Mutanoglu was welcomed by Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, the president-director of Antara.

Anadolu Agency’s planned Indonesian language service was introduced to Antara officials. The officials of the two agencies discussed cooperation opportunities on media training as well as news sharing during the meeting.

Noting the importance of cooperation between the agencies and the development of relations between Turkey and Indonesia, Mutanoglu said: “First of all, we will launch a two-month test broadcast of Indonesian news service from our office in Jakarta. After that, we plan to start the actual broadcasting.”

“With this news service, we want to send news from Turkey and the world to Indonesia. In addition, we are aiming at the development of bilateral relations between the countries,” he said.

Initially, Anadolu Agency’s upcoming Indonesian news service aims to broadcast 50 news stories daily.

Mutanoglu also met Turkey’s ambassador to Indonesia Mehmet Kadir Sander.

During his visit, Mutanoglu was accompanied by Bahadir Saracgil, a member of Anadolu Agency’s executive board, Foreign Languages Editor-in-Chief Mehmet Ozturk, International Operations Director Ural Yesil and Asia-Caucasus-Pacific Director Yilmaz Yaman.

Anadolu Agency has 35 offices worldwide and broadcasts news in 11 languages. The agency also plans to launch a Spanish service soon.