Both Tokyo and Beijing are courting the Southeast Asian nations that ring the contested South China Sea, most of which China claims, to realize affect within the strategic area.
The present defence minister and former particular forces commander might be sworn in by President Joko Widodo in October.
His election has raised considerations amongst human rights teams who level to abuses he’s alleged to have dedicated throughout his time within the army. Prabowo, who was discovered by a army council to have kidnapped pupil activists in 1998, denies the accusations.
Prabowo additionally met Japan’s Minister of Defence Minoru Kihara in Tokyo.
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