From Pistols Made By Pindad To Batik Scarves, Souvenirs From Prabowo For Minister Parly

Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto received an honorary visit from the Minister of the Armed Forces of the French Republic Florence Parly.

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto received an honorary visit from the Minister of the Armed Forces of the French Republic Florence Parly.

As a memento from Prabowo to Parly, at the end of the bilateral meeting between the two countries, Prabowo gave some Indonesian-made souvenirs. The photos of some of the souvenirs were uploaded by the Indonesian Ministry of Defense on the @kemhanri Instagram account.

Quoted from a statement from the Public Relations Bureau of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Defense, one of the souvenirs that Prabowo gave to Parly was the G2 Elite pistol produced by PT Pindad which bore Parly's full name. The gun was white and gold, housed in a red box.

Inside the box was written "De la part de Prabowo Subianto, Ministre de la Défense d'Indonésie" which in Indonesian means "From the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto"

On the PT Pindad website it is stated that this pistol has a 9 x 19 mm parabellum caliber and has a magazine capable of holding 15 rounds.

This gun has the advantage of an adjustable rear plate. With a barrel length of 5 inches, the resulting accuracy cannot be doubted.

In addition, Prabowo also gave a batik scarf that seemed to be directly worn by Parly. Prior to the gift exchange, Minister Parly was seen wearing a white and blue accented scarf. He then replaced his scarf with the one Prabowo had given him, namely a batik scarf with brown and dark blue accents.

PHOTO VIA BUREAU OF PR, SETjen KEMHAN

At the meeting Thursday, February 10, Prabowo revealed that currently, the status of bilateral relations between Indonesia and France in the defense sector is at the highest status.

"That is, we have signed the defense cooperation agreement on June 28, 2021. Of course this needs ratification from our parliament to be carried out properly," Prabowo said.

The meeting ended with the signing of several agreements witnessed by the defense ministers of the two countries. The agreement includes a contract to purchase six Rafale fighters between the Ministry of Defense's Kabaranahan and Dassault, as the beginning of a larger contract for 42 Rafale fighters.

Then the MoU on cooperation in the field of research and development of submarines between PT PAL and the Naval Group, MoU on cooperation in offset and ToT programs between Dassault and PT DI, MoU on cooperation in telecommunications between PT LEN and Thales Group, and cooperation in the manufacture of caliber munitions. between PT Pindad and Nexter Munition.

Previously, at the Prabowo and Parly meeting in January 2020, Prabowo gave a traditional Javanese weapon, namely a keris to Parly as a token of remembrance, as he usually gives to high-ranking officials from neighboring countries on every honorary visit, both when he visits other countries and when he visits other countries. high-ranking foreign officials visited him.