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The United States and Indonesia are building a U.S. $3.5 million coast guard training center on Batam, an industrial and transport hub at the south end of the South China Sea, to boost Jakarta’s capacity to fight domestic and transnational crime, authorities said.
Representatives of Indonesia’s Coast Guard (Bakamla) and the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta were present at the groundbreaking ceremony at the Batam Navy Base on Friday. The U.S. ambassador and Indonesian Coast Guard chief attended virtually.
“[T]he United States remains committed to supporting Indonesia’s leading role in advancing regional peace and security by countering domestic and transnational crime,” U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim was quoted as saying in a joint statement about the event.