Jakarta, July 23 -- President Prabowo Subianto received a courtesy call from the Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kash Patel, as part of efforts to strengthen cooperation, particularly in returning Indonesian cultural artifacts smuggled abroad.

In a statement on Thursday, the Indonesian Minister of Culture, Fadli Zon, said the FBI Director also personally handed over Indonesian cultural artifacts to President Prabowo as part of the repatriation cooperation between the Indonesian government and the FBI.

"Besides discussions as friends, he also presented cultural artifacts, in the return of cultural objects and artifacts smuggled into the United States. After conducting provenance research, the objects ...