Jakarta, Feb. 24 -- Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Lestari Moerdijat has encouraged researchers to strengthen their international networks to ensure the continuity of research and thereby, support better national development.

"To maintain the continuity of research in several sectors, efforts to bolster networks with global institutions and researchers are needed to encourage national scientific development and better development process," she said in Jakarta on Monday.

According to Moerdijat, stakeholders must pay serious attention to the continuity of research to anticipate the ever-changing global conditions in various sectors.

By encouraging research in a number of sectors, the potential to realize innov...