The Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Jakarta held an itinerant consulate in Bali from August 20 to 23, 2021, involving nearly 30 Moroccan citizens living in this Indonesian province, which has the second-largest Moroccan community in Indonesia after Jakarta, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Expatriates.

Because of Indonesian health regulations and the need that all foreigners be vaccinated, members of the Moroccan community in Bali have been unable to go to Jakarta for different consular services since the pandemic began, according to a statement from the ministry.

As a result, the Moroccan Embassy in Bali has decided to coordinate consular services for Moroccan residents living in Bali, according to the same source.

Moroccan residents who have lived in Bali for more than 20 years have all expressed their gratitude and pleasure with this move, which is the first of its type since the Moroccan Embassy in Jakarta was established.

Following the numerous contacts with the Moroccan community in Bali, the government decides that similar operations will be held every six months.

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Vice Chairman of the Israel-Indonesia Chambre of Commerce, Emanuel Shahaf lists what would the largest Muslim Majority country benefit from normalizing ties with Israel.

Shahaf expressed in an interview with MoroccoTelegram that normalizing ties with Israel would be a good deal for Indonesia.

He further added that ties with Israel will help Indonesia realize its potential which it hasn’t been doing for the last thirty or forty years.

Moreover, Indonesia would benefit from Tourism as it is a fascinating tourist attraction. Huge numbers of Israelis go to Dubai for tourism as a fruit of peace with Dubai. In addition to that, many Israelis with Moroccan roots already travel to Morocco and as a fruit of peace with Morocco, more numbers are to visit Morocco in the coming months.

In addition to Tourism, Indonesia would also be a great market for Israel especially in technologies. It is also an opportunity to develop Indonesian agriculture and other parts of the economy which are underdeveloped where Israel would have a big impact.

Having developed advanced technologies in the agriculture sector, Israel’s know-how and technologies would have a considerable impact on the Indonesian economy since 40% of Indonesia’s workforce is employed in agriculture.

Thus, there is no reason that prevents Indonesia from becoming an independent force economically in the sector of agriculture taking advantage of Israeli’s know-how and technology. Instead of importing $5 Billion worth of agricultural products per year, Indonesia could be an exporting country.

On the other hand, another gain for Indonesia is in the area of dairy industry which witnesses a huge need for improvement. Indonesia barely supplies 30% of the country’s needs. However, with Israel’s world developed dairy technologies, Indonesia’s dairy industry will rise considerably.

In terms of Medicine, Israel’s methodologies and expertise would be of great help for the dispersed Indonesian population. Israel could employ tele-medicine doctors at distant medical centers who can read tele-images of patients over the internet and decide who needs to be hospitalized and who needs further testing.

The sector of clean energy is also at stake. Indonesia’s electricity production capacity is bellow average and is unable to cope with rising domestic consumption of electricity. Israel’s leading clean energy plans would provide Indonesia with abundant clean sources of energy especially in its rural areas.

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