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akarta: The government plans to equip the Indonesian Peace and Security Center (IPSC) in Sentul, West Java, with a language center, a sports complex and a disaster management training center.

IPSC is commonly known for being Southeast Asia’s largest training facility for UN peace-keeping forces.

“Our military officers have numerous international achievements in military sports competitions, such as kayaking and shooting. We need to support them,” Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told reporters after a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office on Thursday.

“In addition, the Indonesia Defense University campus will also be moved there from Salemba in Central Jakarta,” he added.

Due to the expansion, the Defense Ministry would no longer be the sole state body organizing the IPSC, Purnomo said.

He said that the Education and Culture Ministry would run the language center, the National Counterterrorism Agency [BNPT] would organize counterterrorism-related facilities and the disaster management training center would be managed by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency [BNPB].

Nestled in 270 hectares of land in Sentul, around 30 kilometers south of Jakarta, the IPSC was inaugurated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last month. It is expected to be in full operation in 2014.

Purnomo refused to reveal the total budget used in the center’s construction.