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Macron's Indonesia visit whets appetites of French defence groups

French President Emmanuel Macron and Prabowo Subianto, then Indonesian defence minister, in Paris on 24 July 2024. © Mohammed Badra/EPA/MaxPPP

Thales, Airbus and Dassault are hoping the French president's trip to Jakarta at the end of May will lead to new contracts with the Southeast Asian archipelago. [...]

Published on 05/05/2025 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Antoine Izambard, Louis Raymond

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