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Indonesia, Saudi Arabia agree on defense cooperation

Indonesia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to work together on defense, agreeing to cooperation in defense-related education and training, personnel exchange and developing defense industries in both countries

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Wed, April 13, 2011

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Indonesia, Saudi Arabia agree on defense cooperation

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ndonesia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to work together on defense, agreeing to cooperation in defense-related education and training, personnel exchange and developing defense industries in both countries.

Indonesian Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Prince Khalid bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia made the agreement during Sjafrie’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

“Both parties will soon form a working group or military joint committee that will be tasked to identify areas of cooperation,” a press release from the ministry said, as reported by tempointeraktif.com.

The first meeting will be held in June and a memorandum of understanding is expected to be signed in December.

During his visit, Sjafrie also promoted various military products manufactured in Indonesia including the latest rifles produced by PT Pindad and medium-sized cargo planes manufactured by PT Dirgantara Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported from Seoul that South Korea won exclusive rights to negotiate the sale of T-50 trainer jets to Indonesia, paving the way for the East Asian country’s first exports of the product.

South Korea was notified of the Indonesian government’s decision today, Lee Kyung-ho, a spokesman for Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., which makes the jets, said today. Lee declined to comment as to how much the deal would be worth.

The deal is “still in process,” Indonesia’s Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told reporters on Tuesday when asked about the jets before a Cabinet meeting.

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