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JAKARTA, Indonesia (UKTN) — The United States and Indonesian armies began annual joint combat exercises on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, joined for the first time by participants from other partner countries, pointing to stronger ties amid China’s growing maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region. More than 5,000 soldiers from the US, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore participated in this year’s exercises, making them the largest since the exercises were instituted in 2009. The exercises are designed to strengthen interoperability, capability, trust and cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, the US embassy in Jakarta said...
