Prabowo Discusses Cooperation Between War Technology And South Korea

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (left) and South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Lee Sang-Dook (right) at the office of the Minister of Defense, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (6/3/2024) (ANTARA/Ho-Koremb.id)

JAKARTA - Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto discussed cooperation on war technology with South Korea in order to increase Indonesia's military strength.

In the official Instagram account @kemhanriyang quoted by ANTARA, Prabowo discussed this with South Korean Ambassador Lee Sang-Depok at the Ministry of Defense Office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (6/3).

"We are committed to exploring opportunities to strengthen collaboration and be open to cooperation in terms of stronger technology transfer. This is expected to have an impact on improving defense capabilities in the future," Prabowo said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, March 7.

Prabowo said this technological upgrade needed to be done to support domestic defense equipment in order to strengthen Indonesia's defense.

In addition, this collaboration can also strengthen bilateral relations between Indonesia and South Korea.

With this collaboration, Prabowo hopes that Indonesia will not only get increased defense technology from South Korea.

"We also hope that there will be cutting-edge technology and knowledge transfers," said Prabowo.

At the same time, through the Instagram account of the South Korean Embassy for Indonesia @koremb.id, it was stated that Lee Sang-Dek's arrival was to congratulate Prabowo Subianto's high vote as a presidential candidate in the 2024 election, according to the preliminary quick count results.

Lee also asked for special attention so that relations between Indonesia and Korea could develop after Prabowo was sworn in as president in October.