West Lombok, NTB – Some 400 soldiers from the 742 Infantry Battalion/ Satya Wira Yudha of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) have been stationed to increase security in the border line between Indonesia and Timor Leste.
Guv of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province Zulkieflimansyah, Commander of the Armed Force Regional Command (Danrem) 162/ WB Brigadier General Ahmad Rizal Ramdhani, and Head of NTB Cops Inspector General Pol M. Iqbal saw off the soldiers leaving aboard the Teluk Amboina warship at Lembar Harbor, West Lombok, on Friday.
Zulkieflimansyah verified that it was a worthy mission to secure the country’s border to fortify security and preserve the country’s stability and sovereignty.
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” On behalf of all people of NTB, I want to admire and pay my highest respects to the TNI soldiers, who will dedicate themselves to this worthy job,” he stressed.
Earlier, 400 soldiers of the 742 Infantry Battalion/ Satya Wira Yudha had undergone a physical fitness test at the Trisula Yonif 742/ SWY Gebang Mataram field as a requirement for the RI-RDTL Border Security Job Force on Friday (Feb 12).
Indonesia and Timor Leste share both land and sea borders in the eastern part of Indonesia.
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