Indonesia, Turkey discuss anti-terrorism cooperation with Muslim countries

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Indonesia in the last week discussed anti-terrorism cooperation between intelligence communities of Muslim countries, as a delegation is currently on an official visit to Turkey. Indonesia's Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission I for defense, information and foreign affairs Mahfudz Siddiq told Antara news agency that the anti-terrorism cooperation was discussed during a meeting held with Turkish intelligence agency Dr. Hakan Fidan in Ankara, Turkey.

According to Siddiq, as the delegations discussed several related ideas, Dr. Fidan, who represents the Turkish intelligence agency (MIT) was enthusiastic about the cooperation talks. Other topics discussed included, the right to bugging or wiring, arrest, coordination, and internal control, as the MIT has no right to arrest, and bugging operations require a court permit, which is issued in 60 days.

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Pakistan & Indonesia abolish official visas for increased linkages

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Pakistan and Indonesia signed an agreement on Friday in Jakarta on abolition of diplomatic and official visas. This move is going to further pave the way for enhanced exchanges and linkages between the two brotherly Muslim countries. Foreign Minister of both countries signed the agreement and termed it as a pre-cursor to relaxing the visa regime between the two countries even further in future. Both sides announced the road map for future engagements that encompassed meeting of joint working group on counter-terrorism in Jakarta on December 13-14, joint commission meeting headed by the foreign ministers as well as visits of the Indonesian defence and foreign ministers to Pakistan next year.

Pakistan and Indonesia would also hold bilateral talks in 2011. Although both countries enjoy deep-rooted, friendly and tension-free relations, yet there was a need for a re-engagement with a new vigour and zeal especially focusing on economic cooperation, business and trade linkages.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa

During the delegation level talks, both sides agreed to enhance cooperation against terrorism and welcomed the forthcoming meeting of the joint working group on counter-terrorism in this regard. Foreign Minister Natalegawa said flood devastation in Pakistan was unprecedented. He said the remarkable resilience shown by the people of Pakistan in the face of such a huge tragedy was extremely appreciable. He proposed active cooperation between the disaster control centre of ASEAN and the Pakistani organizations dealing with disaster management, to which his Pakistani counterpart expressed his consent.


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