Paying their respects: Parly and Subianto laying a wreath in front of a statue of Soekarno, Indonesia’s founding father, during a visit to the Defence Ministry in Jakarta. — AFP
JAKARTA has signed a deal with Paris to buy six Rafale warplanes as part of an anticipated total order of 42, as France bolsters its military ties in the Asia-Pacific.
The agreement was announced as Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto met his French counterpart Florence Parly in Jakarta yesterday.
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