Ga usah kuatir dgn pembelian tank, kapal terbang dll, krn bentar aja udah rusah berhubung korupsinya kegedean.
>________________________________ > From: Sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:32 PM >Subject: [proletar] No need to worry about govt`s Leopard purchase plan: >Yudhoyono > > > >http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/83357/no-need-to-worry-about-govts-leopard-purchase-plan-yudhoyono >No need to worry about govt`s Leopard purchase plan: Yudhoyono >Tue, July 10 2012 22:16 | 347 Views > >Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (FOTO ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf) > >We have decided to purchase the tanks from Germany." >Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesians >need not worry about the government`s plan to purchase leopard tanks from >Germany because the tanks would only be used for defense purposes. > >"I can assure you that it will all be done openly and transparently. We will >not use the tanks to assault our own people. Our intention is a peaceful one. >A country needs a minimum essential deterrent to protect itself from outside >threats," he said during a press conference at the Merdeka Palace here on >Tuesday evening, after holding a bilateral meeting with visiting German >Chancellor Angela Merkel. > >However, he added, the defense cooperation between Indonesia and Germany was >"multidimensional". "Besides joint exercises and visits, it also includes >cooperation in the defense industry and purchase of defense equipment that >cannot as yet be produced at home," President Yudhoyono said. > >"There is no hostility in the ASEAN region, but frankly speaking, in the past >20 years Indonesia has never modernized its weapons. We have been lagging far >behind other countries despite Indonesia being a big country and a big economy >in Asia," he explained. > >"Indonesia and Germany will enhance bilateral defense cooperation as part of >the agreement made in the Jakarta Declaration," President Yudhoyono noted. > >He said the defense cooperation included military exercises, research and >development, natural disaster response exercises, military logistics, military >medical training and also peace mission training. > >The Indonesian Ministry of Defense had earlier confirmed that it would >purchase 100 units of Leopard (main battle tanks) from Germany in order to >modernize the Indonesian Army`s weapon system. > >"We have decided to purchase the tanks from Germany after receiving >confirmation regarding the delivery schedule and the volume we will need," >deputy minister of defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told the press at his office >here on Monday. > >Sjafrie said Indonesia had cancelled its plan to purchase tanks from the >Netherlands and would buy them from Germany. > >The government cancelled its plan to buy tanks from the Netherlands because >the Dutch government could not guarantee the delivery of tanks within the >given deadline. > >Sjafrie said the government had allocated US$280 million for the purchase of >100 Leopards from Germany. > >"We hope at least 15 units would arrive in Indonesia by October," he added. >(P008/INE/BSR/YH) >Editor: B Kunto Wibisono > >COPYRIGHT © 2012 > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
