Jakarta, June 23 -- The governments of Indonesia and Russia have agreed to broaden the scope of their cooperation in higher education following Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's recent visit to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

"Indonesia and Russia have agreed to foster strategic cooperation in higher education. I signed the cooperation agreement with Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov in Saint Petersburg," Indonesian Higher Education, Science, and Technology Minister Brian Yuliarto stated.

In an official statement cited here on Monday, he noted that the collaboration deal, exchanged in the presence of President Prabowo and Russian President Vladimir Putin, serves as a means for both nations to deepen their ti...