Indonesian navy chief in S. Korea for weapons, training cooperation

By Sam Kim

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Indonesia's top naval officer visited South Korea Wednesday on a three-day trip aimed at boosting weapons trade and personnel exchanges, the Navy here said Wednesday.

Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno, Indonesia's Navy Chief of Staff, arrived here on
invitation by his South Korean counterpart Jung Ok-keun, who visited Jakarta in
May last year, the Navy said in a statement.
The two met at the Jinhae naval base in southern South Korea to discuss mutual
security issues and ways to boost cooperation in weapons systems, the statement
said, adding Tedjo Edhy will also tour South Korean manufacturers of naval
weapons during the trip.
"The visit is part of routine exchanges between the countries, who have increased
their cooperation in naval training over the years," a Navy officer said.
South Korea has been pushing to export submarines to Indonesia, which could in
turn provide transport aircraft. South Korea has also sought Indonesian support
in protecting its commercial vessels plying the Southeastern Asian waters from
pirates.