Jakarta, April 21 -- Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has said that Indonesia is committed to building defense cooperation with China to strengthen the region as well as bolster state sovereignty.

He made the remarks while attending the first 2+2 ministerial meeting between Indonesia and China in Beijing on Monday.

"Indonesia is enhancing cooperation in the context of a comprehensive and strategic partnership with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the defense sector," he said, according to an official press release received from his media team by ANTARA on Monday.

At the meeting, Sjamsoeddin and Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun discussed various defense cooperation schemes that can be established by the two countries...