"This meeting is important to strengthen diplomatic relations and cooperation between Indonesia and Russia,"
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto continued his journey from Ankara, Turkiye, to Moscow, Russia, to meet several ministers and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ministry's Head of Public Relations Bureau, Brigadier General Edwin Adrian Sumantha, stated on Wednesday that Prabowo and his entourage arrived in Moscow on Tuesday (July 30) evening and were scheduled with several agendas on Wednesday.

"The visit agenda begins with a meeting at the Russian Ministry of Defense, where Minister Prabowo met with Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belusov. This meeting is expected to discuss various important issues related to defense cooperation between the two countries," Sumantha remarked.

On the same day, Prabowo will meet with President Putin at the Kremlin, Moscow.

"This meeting is important to strengthen diplomatic relations and cooperation between Indonesia and Russia," he stated.

Deputy Director of State Protocol of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aleksander Vladimirovich Prusov, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia and Belarus Jose Antonio Morato Tavares, and Indonesian Defense Attaché in Moscow Air Commodore Jatmiko Adi welcomed Prabowo's arrival at Vnukovo Airport, Moscow.

In several video recordings broadcast by Russian media, a convoy of vehicles transporting Minister Prabowo passed through the streets of Moscow on Wednesday afternoon local time towards the Kremlin.

However, the Defense Ministry has yet to release the results of the meeting between Prabowo and Putin.

President Putin was one of the country's leaders who congratulated Prabowo after he won the 2024 presidential election. Prabowo is scheduled to be inaugurated as President of the Republic of Indonesia with his running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, on October 20, 2024.

Since he was named president-elect, Prabowo has visited several countries abroad to meet with leaders of Indonesia's partner countries, starting from Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, and Saudi Arabian Prime Minister and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) bin Abdulaziz.

In a series of his foreign visits from last week, he has also met with French President Emmanuel Macron, Serbian President Aleksandar Vui, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Translator: Genta Tenri M, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Arie Novarina
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