06.12.2003, 20:44
Zitat:Indonesia negotiating purchase of four warships with the NetherlandsQuelle: AFP / Defense-Aerospace.com
Date line: JAKARTA
Indonesia is negotiating the possible purchase of four warships from the Netherlands, its navy chief said on Friday.
"If in the negotiations we fail to agree (on the price), we will look for other suppliers," Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency.
Detikcom online news service said the navy wanted to buy corvettes, a small and fast type of warship, from the Netherlands.
China, South Korea and Italy have also offered warships to Indonesia, Sondakh said.
Sondakh earlier this year said the navy would acquire two submarines equipped with dozens of torpedoes from South Korea, with the first delivery expected in 2008. Each submarine is worth about 270 million dollars.