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India on Tuesday inked 14 agreements with Indonesia to enhance cooperation in a range of areas, including critical minerals and steel supply chain, maritime security, medicines, education, outer space, research and innovation, telecommunication and food security, against the backdrop of increasing geopolitical upheavals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Prabowo Subianto held talks to ramp up bilateral relations and ways to ensure a peaceful Indo-Pacific.
"A golden era is now at the threshold for our two nations," Modi said at the end of his talks with the Indonesian leader.
Modi landed in Jakarta on Monday to a red-carpet welcome in the first leg of his three-nation tour - that will also cover Australia and New Zealand - to shore up cooperation in sectors such as trade, security and rare-earth minerals under the framework of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership of 2018.
Modi said India reiterated his call for navigating "global turbulence" through dialogue and diplomacy, and asserted New Delhi's support for a two-state solution to the Palestine issue. Both sides also deliberated on the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific. President Subianto underlined the importance of an Indo-Pacific region that is open and transparent, with an order-based international law.PTI