VP Invites Mideast bizmen to invest in RI

So far, trade relations between Indonesia and the Middle East were limited to textiles and oil, he said following the signing of an agreement between the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and the Indonesian Finance Ministry here Thursday.
Indonesia- Middle East trade relations were of long standing but had reamined limited to certain commodities, he said.
"There is a perception that speaking about the Middle East is identical to oil and speaking about Indonesia is identical to textiles and migrant workers," he said.