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China to help Indonesia develop defense technology
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 04/01/2009 11:47 AM | National
Following on from the signing of a memorandum of understanding by both Indonesia and China in 2007, the two countries are
set to ink a new deal to work more closely in military technology, a top
Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday, Antara reports.
"China will help Indonesia develop its military technology," the director
of strategic environment analysis, Brig. Gen. Subekti, said in Beijing.
Subekti is attending a China-ASEAN top officers dialogue hosted by the Chinese Academy of Military Science from March
30 to April 2.
Indonesia is expecting China to help its state arms producer, PT
Pindad; state-owned ship maker, PT PAL Indonesia;
and state-owned aircraft manufacturer, PT Dirgantara Indonesia, to produce upper-medium-class
military technology, he said.
"And not only helping us with technology, but also to help market the products
produced through the deal," Subekti said.
In 2005, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited his Chinese counterpart, president
Hu Jintao, in Beijing
to sign a strategic partnership deal, which included an agreement to strengthen
defense cooperation between both countries.
Indonesia was the first
country in Southeast Asia to enter into such a partnership with China. (dre)
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No-Name (not verified) — Sat, 06/06/2009 - 5:22am
Good,,Now it's the right time for Indonesia to seek another country to strengthen our defense power. Glory for Indonesia
Vahd (not verified) — Tue, 04/21/2009 - 6:47pm
The last part of this news is inaccurate. President Yudhoyono did not visit Beijing to sign the Strategic Partnership deal.
It was signed in Jakarta, 25 April 2005, after the Asian African Summit by Hu Jintao and Yudhoyono.
Please revise.