Jakarta, May 28 -- Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are scheduled to visit military training and education activities at the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday.

"I have also invited President Macron to join me in inspecting the educational and training activities at the Military Academy in Magelang," Prabowo said while issuing a joint press statement with Macron at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday.

The press statement was delivered after a bilateral meeting between the two heads of state and their delegations at the palace.

In his speech, Prabowo highlighted Indonesia and France's robust security and defense ties.

He said he and Macron had a positive intera...