SOCHI (Sputnik) — Jakarta and Moscow have agreed to expand security contacts in fight against terrorism as well as to strengthen military-technical ties, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Wednesday.
"We have agreed to expand cooperation in exchange of intelligence data and intensify contacts between or security bodies [to counter terrorism threat]. We have also agreed with President Putin to strengthen our cooperation in the military-technical sector. We have agreed on technology transfer as well as on joint production [of defense products]," Widodo said following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The Russian President holds talks with his Indonesian counterpart during the Association of South-East Nations (ASEAN) summit in Sochi May 18-19.
