Jakarta (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) has agreed to bring a bill on the ratification of the agreement between Indonesia and Russia on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters to the DPR plenary meeting for its endorsement into law.

“Do you agree to bring the bill on the ratification of the Indonesia-Russia agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters to the DPR plenary meeting?” Deputy Chairman of the House Commission III Adies Kadir stated at the working meeting of the House Commission III at the parliament building here on Monday.

Members of the House Commission III present at the meeting agreed to bring the bill to the plenary session.

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Representative of the House Commission III’s Working Committee for the Bill on Indonesia-Russia Mutual Legal Assistance, Dipo Nusantara, stated earlier that the working committee had completed deliberations on an inventory of matters that each faction delivered under prudential principles.

“At the end, the working committee concurred on the entire concept of the Bill on Indonesia-Russia Mutual Legal Assistance to be agreed upon at the meeting of the House Commission III,” he remarked.

Representatives of all factions at the DPR later conveyed their views on the bill and agreed to bring it to the DPR plenary meeting for its endorsement into law.

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