Indonesian, Japan Leaders Call For Strengthened Security, Business Ties

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for strengthened trade, security and defence ties on Tuesday, and agreed to form a travel corridor to allow essential business activities to resume.

The Japanese prime minister’s four-day visit to Vietnam and Indonesia, his first abroad since taking office in September, comes amid growing assertiveness from China in the region and is being seen as effort to strengthen ties with key nations in Southeast Asia.

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