RI, Australia to cooperate on defense
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 01/12/2009 9:37 PM
Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Djoko Susanto met with Australian Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Allan Grant Houston on Monday in Jakarta to further discuss defense cooperation between the two countries.
"Australia is willing to partner with Indonesia for the region's security and peace," Allan said in a press statement.
The cooperation talk was an extension of previous discussion made by Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono and Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon in Australia, in March last year.
Allan said the cooperation would cover matters of terrorism, sea security, intelligence, humanitarian aid and peacekeeping. Both countries, he said, have agreed to hold joint military training and patrols as well as cooperation on student exchange and post-graduate scholarship programs. (dre)
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