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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with visiting Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in New Delhi on Saturday as the two countries signed a series of cooperation agreements on health, culture, health, maritime, security, defence, digital technology and maritime affairs to expand ties.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of India’s Republic Day celebrations on Sunday.
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PM @narendramodi and President @prabowo of Indonesia held wide-ranging talks at Hyderabad House today.
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President Prabowo said his government will accelerate its economic partnership with India and prioritise the cooperation over the long term. “We discussed many key sectors of common interest in which we would like to accelerate the level of cooperation,” Prabowo said in a press conference after the signing ceremony.
Subianto thanked India for supporting Indonesia’s admission as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies earlier this year, adding he and Modi had an “intensive, very frank discussion” and hoped the two countries accelerate cooperation in the economic field and cut bureaucracy.
According to India’s diplomatic mission in Jakarta, Indonesia is the country’s second-largest trading partner in the ASEAN region with bilateral trade of US$ 29.4 billion in 2023-24.
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More ShortsSpeaking before Prabowo’s remarks, Prime Minister Modi said the two countries will work together in defence manufacturing and improving supply chains.
”We also decided to cooperate on issues such as maritime security, cybersecurity, counter terrorism and de-radicalisation,” Modi said.
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