Indonesia and Japan Ministerial Meetings Touch on Bilateral Relations and National Security

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Meanwhile, Indonesia and Japan are expected to strike deals on defense systems and transfer of technology soon.

Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto and his Japanese opposite number Toshimitsu Nobuo Kishi are expected to ink the agreement during their meeting and the meeting of both countries’ foreign ministers, according to the Kyodo News media outlet.

Prior to meeting their opposite numbers, Retno and Prabowo met Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Suga met Indonesian President Joko Widodo on October 2020, shortly after he replaced his predecessor Shinzo Abe, who retired due to ill health.

(Writer: Achmad Nasrudin Yahya | Editors: Shintaloka Pradita Sicca, Kristian Erdianto)

Sources: 

https://www.kompas.com/global/read/2021/03/30/153835170/indonesia-jepang-lakukan-pertemuan-tingkat-menteri-bahas-masalah-china?page=all#page2. 

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2021/03/30/13564961/indonesia-jepang-segera-sepakati-kerja-sama-soal-transfer-alutsista.