Jakarta, May 19 -- President Prabowo Subianto emphasized that cooperation in the health sector between Indonesia and Thailand is a vital step to strengthening both nations' capacity to anticipate the emergence of future pandemics.

"We have just witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the health sector to improve our cooperation and increase our capacity," he noted in a joint statement at a bilateral meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Bangkok, Monday.

On that occasion, the head of state observed the signing of the MoU on health cooperation by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono and Thai Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin.

According to the Presidential Secretariat, the agreement mark...