Jakarta (Antara) - Minister for State Enterprises Dahlan Iskan said he had asked the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help facilitate sales of Indonesian made aircraft through the bank's export credit facility. "IDB is interested in providing export credit facility for a number of countries wanting to buy aircraft products of PT Dirgantara Indonesia," Dahlan said in a short message service (SMS) from Saudi Arabia to Antara Monday. PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) is a state aircraft maker in Bandung producing turboprop aircraft and helicopters. Dahlan said PT DI would have larger sales if it is backed up with export credit facility as most buyers had always wanted payment facility . Dahlan, who is Saudi Arabia until Wednesday on a hajj pilgrimage, took time to promote sales of DI products in Middle East. He met with IDB president Dr Ahmed Mohammed Ali in Mecca accompanied by Dr Ahmed Saleh Hariri, IDB head for South and Southeast Asia. He told the IDB leaders that PT DI was offering to sell a number of aircraft to Bangladesh and a number of African countries. "IDB is interested in providing export credit facility for Bangladesh," he said. The IDB leaders also wanted to know if there were other countries needing export credit facility to buy DT's aircraft, he added. He said he cited a number of countries, which had postponed or canceled plan to buy DI's products over financial difficulties. He said Dr Ahmed Mohammed Ali was enthusiastic in providing financial support by the bank . He said IDB also wanted to cooperate with Indonesian state companies to help develop the country's economy. IDB has set aside US$3.3 billion or around Rp30 trillion for financing facility for the next three years. IDB plans to open a representative office in Jakarta toward the end of this year. So far IDB's banking operations in this region are handled from its representative office in Kuala Lumpur. (*)

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