Yemen mulls buying RI planes

BANDUNG: Yemani Vice President Abdooraboo Mansoo expressed his interest in buying products from state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia during his visit to the company on Friday.

The vice president showed interest in Dirgantara's CN 235 and N 250 planes as well as its helicopters, said Edwin Sudarmo, the state company's president. The company, he said, would follow up on Mansoo's inquiries by sending a team to Yemen.

Mansoo said he had often heard of Indonesia's progress in aerospace technology and was pleased to see it firsthand in Bandung.

Also in Bandung, the vice president earlier visited state- owned armaments producer PT Pindad, where he said Indonesia also displayed prowess in the weapons industry. -- Antara