Indian Defense Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and her Indonesian counterpart Gen (Retd) Ryamizard Rycudu successfully concluded the Bilateral Defence Minister’s Dialogue between India and Indonesia in Jakarta on October 22-23, 2018. This meeting comes after the countries have upgraded their bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and have recently concluded a new Defence Cooperation Agreement in May 2018. India welcomed Indonesia’s support for the proposal to partner in the Malacca Straits Patrol.