Jakarta, June 24 -- Indonesian Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas signed an agreement on legal cooperation with Russian Prosecutor General Aleksandr V. Gutsan in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday.

Agtas said the pact is expected to pave the way for Indonesia and Russia to exchange information and data, conduct joint research, and facilitate the movement of legal experts between the two countries.

As cited in a statement in Jakarta, he underlined the agreement as a technical derivative of the mutual legal assistance (MLA) treaty signed six years ago.

The minister added that under the treaty framework, Russia has so far submitted seven MLA requests to Indonesia, with one fulfilled, three pending document verification in Russia, one r...