S'pore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat: Indonesians welcome pacts, hope Parliament will see them through


Indonesian officials welcoming PM Lee Hsien Loong in Bintan (centre) as he arrives with Indonesian President Joko Widodo (left) on Jan 25, 2022. - The Straits Times/ANN

JAKARTA, Jan 29 (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian media welcomed the landmark agreements announced at the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat in Bintan on Tuesday (Jan 25) and praised President Joko Widodo's government for its commitment in resolving longstanding bilateral issues.

In a commentary, Kornelius Purba, a senior editor at the Jakarta Post, described the signing of the agreements on defence cooperation, extradition and flight information region (FIR) as "historic".

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