Jakarta (VNA) – The House of Representatives (DPR) of Indonesia has legislated five bills in the ratification of bilateral defence cooperation agreements with Cambodia, India, France, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Brazil.
Speaker of DPR Puan Maharani stressed that these agreements reflect Indonesia's effective defence diplomacy, which is expected to help prevent potential security threats and improve the quality of the national defence industry.
The ratification of the agreements will allow Indonesia to benefit from fair and mutually beneficial defence partnerships that respect the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of each participating country, she said.
Meanwhile, Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said that with the bills legislated into law, Indonesia has the legal basis required for implementing the defence agreements it has reached with the five countries.
Previously, Defence Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto underlined the importance of ratifying the defence cooperation agreements, considering the partner countries' reliable roles and technologies in the defence sector./.
