President Putin Says Russia Is Ready To Help Indonesia In The Nuclear Energy Sector When Receiving President Prabowo

President Putin when welcoming President Prabowo. (Source: Kremlin)

JAKARTA - President Vladimir Putin said Russia was ready to assist Indonesia in the nuclear energy sector by involving its experts when it received President Prabowo Subianto in Moscow on Wednesday.

Speaking in his remarks, President Putin said today's meeting had been planned, given a number of important and serious plans to develop bilateral relations between the two countries.

"Let me express my deep condolences and sympathy for the floods and casualties experienced by the people and state of Indonesia," President Putin said, citing his remarks distributed by the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, Wednesday (10/12).

President Putin further recalled his meeting with President Prabowo in China on the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, as well as the presence of the President of the Republic of Indonesia at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg in June this year.

"Our relationship is stable and consistent. This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. The joint commission between governments is working actively. Cooperation in the trade and economic sector shows positive dynamics; in the first nine months of this year, growth reached 17 percent," said President Putin.

"We have excellent prospects in the energy sector, including nuclear energy. I know Indonesia has plans in this field, and if Your Majesty sees it as necessary to involve Russian experts, we are always willing to work together," said President Putin.

On this occasion President Putin praised the relations held by the two countries in technical and military fields.

"Indonesia is an old Russian partner in this sector. Direct contact between the defense ministries takes place professionally and stably. Indonesian specialists regularly participate in training at Russian higher education institutions, including military academies, and we are ready to expand the cooperation," said President Putin.

It is known that President Prabowo arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, after making a two-day working visit to Pakistan.

Last June, President Prabowo made a two-day working visit to Russia. However, at that time President Prabowo was received by President Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace, St. Petersburg.