Prabowo Brings Domestic Defense Industry Companies To UAE

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto brought domestic defense industry companies to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to meet UAE Minister of Defense Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi as well as to sign several cooperation agreements.

Some of the companies brought by Prabowo include PT Pindad, PT Dirgantara Indonesia, PT PAL Indonesia, and PT Len Industri.

"Cooperation in the defense sector, especially the defense industry, is very important for both countries, especially for the development of the defense industry in the future," Prabowo said, quoted from a written statement by the Prabowo Subianto Media Team, Thursday, June 30.

At this moment, a collaboration was signed between PT PAL Indonesia and the UAE government, as well as between PT DI and PT Pindad respectively with the UAE private sector, witnessed by Prabowo and the UAE Minister of Defense.

Prabowo and the UAE Minister of Defense also signed a defense industry cooperation protocol between Indonesia and the UAE which aims to promote and develop bilateral cooperation in the defense industry between the two sides, as well as plan and develop mutually beneficial industrial capabilities.

The protocol includes several scopes, including formulating strategies to improve the alignment of the strategic planning of the defense industries of the two countries and formulating policies to enable joint research and development, joint production, international marketing, national offset programs, technology permits, provision of international talent, and investment in human resources. .