JOHOR BAHRU, June 2 — The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar granted an audience to Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto at Istana Bukit Serene here today.
The matter was announced in a post on Sultan Ibrahim’s official Facebook page, accompanied by several pictures.
According to the post, Prabowo has been a close friend of Sultan Ibrahim for over 40 years, since undergoing military training together at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning, United States, in the 1980s.
The Johor Ruler also hosted a luncheon during the meeting which took place for over an hour.
On May 23, it was reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim received a courtesy call from Prabowo during the Indonesian Defence Minister’s special visit to Malaysia in conjunction with the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA ’23) in Langkawi, Kedah.
