Published on Oct
30, 2013, 7:13 PM
The Chief of
Staff of the Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) General (GEN) Budiman called on Minister
for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen at Mindef on Wednesday morning, marking the end of
his three-day introductory visit to Singapore.
Gen Budiman also
called on Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Ng Chee Meng and Chief of
Army Major-General (MG) Ravinder Singh earlier on Wednesday, after inspecting a
Guard-of-Honour.
On Tuesday, Gen
Budiman and MG Ravinder Sigh co-officiated the closing ceremony of Exercise
Safkar Indopura, an annual bilateral exercise between the Singapore Army and
TNI-AD, and visited the Armour Headquarters at Sungei Gedong Camp.
The general's
introductory visit underscores the strong and long-standing defence
relationship between Singapore and Indonesia, said Mindef in a statement.