JAKARTA: Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Monday (Mar 10) to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as the Southeast Asian allies' leaders met in Jakarta to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations.
Indonesia 's President Prabowo Subianto shakes hands with Vietnam 's Communist Party General Secretary To Lam after a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Mar 10, 2025. JAKARTA: Indonesia and Vietnam agreed on Monday to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as the Southeast Asian allies' leaders met in Jakarta to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations.
Prabowo said he would visit Vietnam soon to sign"an implementing agreement on cooperation in our economic zone", saying he hoped the Indonesian parliament would ratify the deal next month. Indonesia and Vietnam have claims to areas of the disputed South China Sea and boats from both nations have been involved in rare clashes.
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