Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo, once banned from entering US, gets invitation to visit


Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has accepted the invitation and was set to travel to the US for the official visit. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has been invited to the United States for a discussion of defence cooperation between the two countries, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday (Oct 8).

"US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has invited Prabowo to visit the US from Oct 15 to 19," Indonesian Defence Ministry spokesman Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak wrote in a statement.

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