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This handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's President Office on Monday shows Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (center) walking along with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari (left) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif upon his arrival at the Nur Khan military airbase in Rawalpindi. (Pakistan's President Office/AFP/Aamir Qureshi)
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resident Prabowo Subianto announced on Tuesday that Pakistan has agreed to help bolster Indonesia's health sector and ease its medical worker shortage, as well as intensify trade and other cooperation, in a visit to Islamabad after wrapping up his tour to flood-hit Aceh.
In the first Indonesian presidential visit to Pakistan in seven years, Prabowo flew to Islamabad on Monday from Aceh, where he had spent two days inspecting damage from the catastrophic cyclone-induced floods that have killed 964 across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra by Tuesday.
Prabowo’s Islamabad visit, first announced on Sunday by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, was largely unanticipated by the public, though statements from both sides said it was meant to mark 75 years of bilateral relations.
Joined by a delegation of officials including Foreign Minister Sugiono, Coordinating Economy Minister Airlangga Hartarto and Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto, Prabowo was met with an elaborate aerial escort of six JF-17 Thunders as he entered Pakistani airspace on Monday, one carrying President Asif Ali Zardari himself.
The President was welcomed at the Nur Khan Base Airport where his delegation landed, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif greeting him with a guard of troops, a 21-gun salute and a ceremonial flower presentation.
After spending a night in Islamabad, Prabowo on Tuesday held bilateral talks with Sharif, during which they discussed strategic relations across various sectors, including in the health, agriculture, science and technology, a statement from Prabowo’s office said.
The two leaders also witnessed the signing of seven memoranda of understanding (MoUs), encompassing cooperation across higher education, halal certification, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to counter drug trafficking.
