Indonesia is still considering buying submarines from Turkey or Germany.
Dahnli Anzar Simanjuntak, Special Minister of Defense for Communications, said that Prabowo was still comparing the defense equipment made by the two countries for six months this year.
After that, said Dahnil, Prabowo will report the results of his studies to President Joko Widodo.
He acknowledged that geopolitical and geostrategic issues were Indonesia's considerations in buying submarines.
"Prabowo could take the Turkish one or it could be from Germany," Dahnil told Anadolu Agency, at the Ministry of Defense, Jakarta on Thursday.
At the end of November 2019, Prabowo Subianto paid a working visit to Turkey meeting with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Prabowo also saw the Turkish submarine factory directly.
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