Indonesia, Sept. 30 -- Indonesia's Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin sees off the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), which has been assisting the forest and fires extinguishing efforts in West Kalimantan.

"Today, I am here on the deck of this ship to directly see off the JSDF's forest and land fire extinguishing mission, who will return to their home country in the next few days," Minister Sjamsoeddin said while seeing off the troops from the Japanese ship LST-03 Kunisaki, docked at Kijing International Port, Mempawah District, West Kalimantan, on Wednesday.

The assistance mission was part of Japan's support in handling forest and land fires in West Kalimantan, which involved the deployment of three CH-47 Chinook heavy helicopters tra...