U.S. Bureau Announces New Guidelines for Exporting Lethal Defense Articles to Indonesia

Summary

The U.S. Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has announced that it will consider export requests for lethal defense articles to Indonesia on a case-by-case basis, following a review under the Arms Export Control Act.

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