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Thursday 11 Feb 2016 - 13:09 Makkah mean time-2-5-1437
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (Image from Internet)
Jakarta (IINA) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev have been exploring cooperation in the field of intelligence sharing to address security and defense issues, ANTARA News reported.
"There is nothing wrong if we share intelligence with Russia. The form of cooperation is possibly through exchange, training, and equipment, among others," Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said here on Wednesday.
The minister noted that Russia had offered several sophisticated weaponry, such as the Sukhoi Su-35 aircraft, submarines, and high-speed ships to Indonesia. However, he added that Indonesia had earlier cooperated largely with Western countries but lacked intelligence cooperation with Russia.
Panjaitan stated that President Widodo and the Russian official discussed during the meeting cooperation in information exchange in the face of drugs, terrorism and other threats. They also discussed international issues of mutual interest.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi noted that President Widodo was invited to attend the ASEAN-Russia Summit to be held in Sochi in May 2016. In turn, Widodo has invited Russia to participate as an observer at the Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held in Jakarta on March 6-7.
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