Jakarta, July 7 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday said that Indian democracy serves as a remarkable example from which Indonesia draws lessons, and told how he has Indian DNA.

He made the remarks while speaking to the members of the Indian diaspora.

President Prabowo recalled how he was the Chief Guest of the Republic Day celebrations in 2025 and noted how President Sukarno was the Chief Guest in 1950 during the Republic Day celebrations.

He shared how just before he made the state-visit to India, he did a gene-testing and found out that he had Indian DNA.

"Just before my state-visit to India, I had done the genome sequencing test and I found out that I had Indian DNA,"

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