HANOI: Indonesia will send around 120 fishermen from the island of Java to the Natuna islands in the Riau Islands Province, VNA quoted Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mohammad Mahfud as saying.“We want to mobilise our fishermen from Pantura at the northern coast of Java, and maybe from other areas too, to fish and conduct other activities there, ” he said on Monday as quoted by kompas.com.
He said the fishing boats would help protect Natuna from foreign vessels and strengthen the Indonesian presence in the region.
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