Jokowi signs regulation to ratify agreement with S'pore on flight information region

Joko Widodo said the FIR agreement was "a step forward for international recognition of Indonesian airspace". - SCREENGRAB FROM SEKRETARIAT PRESIDEN/YOUTUBE

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday (Sept 8) announced that he had signed a presidential regulation to ratify the flight information region (FIR) agreement which Indonesia inked with Singapore in January.

Under the agreement, the boundary between the Singapore and Jakarta FIRs will be realigned to be generally in accordance with Indonesia's territorial boundaries.