00:06Cutting across to some breaking developments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in
00:10Indonesia for the first leg of his three-nation tour aimed at further strengthening of India's
00:15ACT East policy. The Mahasagar vision and his commitment to the free, open and inclusive
00:22Indo-Pacific is on the radar. The Prime Minister was also welcomed by Jakarta at the Jakarta
00:27airport by Indonesian president. Additionally, the fighter jets from the Indonesian Air Force
00:34accompanied Prime Minister's plane for the first time as he entered the Indonesian airspace. He also
00:39met with Indian diaspora in Jakarta and received a grand cultural welcome there.
00:49Pranay joins us for more on this story. Pranay take us through why this entire visit is so
00:58significant.
00:58Sunil, Indonesia is neighbour of India in the Indian Ocean region, a strategic partner since
01:032018. And this visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has a hugely significant agenda,
01:08not only in terms of our strategic ties with Indonesia, but in terms of our trade ties,
01:14in terms of our economic cooperation, energy cooperation, and in fact, a possible sale of
01:19BrahMos supersonic missiles to BrahMos. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda in Indonesia is quite
01:25significant, not only in terms of our economic ties, but also in terms of our civilizational ties as
01:31well, because in his three-day stay in Indonesia, Prime Minister Modi will also be visiting the
01:38Prambanan temple, almost thousand-year-old Shiva temple in Yogyakarta region of Indonesia. And in fact,
01:45both India and Indonesia have decided to strengthen the economic partnership. And in fact,
01:50India and Indonesia shared their independence day, almost with the difference of one day in the same
01:59month of August of 1947. And in fact, there have been close ties between both these countries and
02:05President Subyanto, Prabowo Subyanto received Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the tarmac along with the
02:12four ministers. Indonesian fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Modi's aircraft to the Indonesian airspace.
02:17This clearly shows that Indonesia attaches significant importance to Prime Minister Modi's visit. And
02:23in fact, both these countries have decided to strengthen their strategic and economic ties in
02:28terms of critical mineral, in terms of the defense partnership, in terms of mutual investment. And
02:34there are a lot of things which both these countries can share with each other from Atmanir Bharat to
02:40a mass Indonesia. All right, Pranay. We leave it there for the moment. Thanks so much for joining us.
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