Jakarta, April 14 -- Deputy Chairman of Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) Dave Laksono welcomed the Indonesia-US Major Defense Cooperation Partnership (MDCP) as a step to strengthen national defense capacity.

"This is a step to strengthen our defense, while we strengthen our military diplomacy," Dave stated here on Tuesday.

The defense pact is also in line with efforts to ensure the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) always adapts to geopolitical developments and improves the quality and understanding of the latest defense technology to safeguard the country's sovereignty, he added.

According to him, technology and training cooperation are one of the focuses of the cooperation framework, which was signed by Defense...