Moscow considering security office in RI<\/p>\n
Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Russia has expressed its interest in setting up a security bureau
\nin Jakarta with the consent of the Indonesian government to help
\nstrengthen the efforts against terrorism, a Russian official said
\non Friday.<\/p>\n
First Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Sergei
\nSmirnov, who signed an information security agreement with
\nIndonesian officials on Thursday, said he had discussed ways of
\ncombating terrorism with Chief of the National Intelligence
\nAgency (BIN) Lt. Gen. (ret) A.M. Hendropriyono.<\/p>\n
\"Our countries have one and the same enemy: terrorism,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
During their meeting on Thursday, the two officials pinpointed
\nthe necessity of exchanging information between the security
\nservices of the two countries and cooperating in training
\npersonnel.<\/p>\n
\"I wish to propose the opening of a new permanent office of
\nFederal Security Service in Indonesia to my superior (in
\nMoscow),\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"We also agreed to set up a direct telephone line between the
\nchiefs of the intelligence agencies in Russia and Indonesia,\" he
\nsaid without elaborating.<\/p>\n
Indonesia and Russia are the latest victims of terrorist
\nattacks.<\/p>\n
Smirnov said that there were similarities between the attacks
\nin Russia and the one outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta,
\nwhich killed nine and injured more than 180.<\/p>\n
\"We also have the same problems, terrorists in Russia have
\nreceived education from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia,\"
\nSmirnov said, explaining that Hendropriyono told him that he had
\nreceived information that terrorists in Indonesia were trained
\nfrom overseas, including Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Russia and Indonesia signed on Thursday an agreement on a
\nmutual protection of classified information.<\/p>\n
Under the agreement, the confidential information would allow
\nIndonesia to obtain the technical manuals of military equipment
\nit would buy from Russia, but not be allowed to provide them to
\nthird parties.<\/p>\n
In the past, Indonesia was only allowed to send technicians to
\nlearn and undergo training in Russia to operate the equipment.
\nBut Russia did not allow the Indonesian officers to take manuals
\nand training materials back home because these were considered to
\nbe classified information.<\/p>\n
Indonesia spent US$192.6 million to buy four Russian-made
\nSukhoi jetfighters last year.<\/p>",
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