Monday, July 14, 2014

Indonesia Ratifies Turkish Defense Pact

Indonesia ratified a defence pact with Turkey on 10 July, clearing the way for the two countries to expand defence trade and related industrial collaboration.

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) said in a notice that it had approved the Indonesia-Turkey "agreement on defence industry co-operation" four years after the accord was proposed by the two governments.

The delay was due to a number of factors including procrastination in the Indonesian legal system as well as lengthy negotiations over intellectual property rights.

The DPR said the objective of the agreement is to "build in both countries the capacity of defence and the profitability of defence industries".

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