Jakarta, July 9 -- A high-level Indonesian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sugiono and Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ahmad Muzani departed for Iran to pay their final respects to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"The visit is to fulfill an invitation from the Iranian government to honor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader of Iran," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yvonne Mewengkang said in Jakarta on Thursday.

The delegation is scheduled to attend the state funeral on Friday (July 10, local time) before holding separate bilateral meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

According to Yvonne, the meeting between Sugiono and A...