JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Russia and Indonesia took steps on Tuesday to strengthen their defense ties with a meeting between a top Russian security official and Indonesia’s defense minister in the capital of Jakarta as Moscow's war on Ukraine entered its fourth year.

South-east Asia’s biggest economy maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Sergei K. Shoigu and his delegation with a luncheon hosted at the

Indonesia, southeast Asia's largest economy, has long maintained a neutral foreign policy. But President Prabowo Subianto appears keen to deepen defense and security ties with Russia.