REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian Minister of Defense Purnomo Yusgiantoro met with his Spanish counterpart Minister Pedro Morenes Eulate on Wednesday to increase cooperation on defense sector. They discussed on the enhancement of education, planning, innovation, logistic support and the acquisition of defense products.
"MoU covers the attention of both countries to facilitate the increasing of cooperation which has been built since 2007," Minister Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday, adding that both countries were ready to facilitate the relations with Asia Pacific region.
He said that Indonesia and Spain had good relations on aircraft marked with the production of civil and military Cassa aircrafts. He hopes they can expand their cooperation on shipbuilding industry.
"We would like to intensify the cooperation between Spanish shipbuilding industry -Navantia- and Indonesian shipbuilding company," he said.
