JAKARTA — Indonesia and Russia will hold their first joint naval drills next month, Jakarta's navy said on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian archipelago's new leader seeks to boost ties with Moscow.

The region's biggest economy maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict or in great power competition between Washington and Beijing.

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