Twenty naval attaches from friendly countries visited marine troops at the VIP room in the FX Soepramono international shooting range here on Wednesday.

As part of the visit, the naval attaches also toured facilities at the shooting range, Commander of the Marine Troops, Brigadier General Lukman said.

"While in the shooting range, they tried to shoot using sniper firearms produced by state-owned weapon company PT Pindad," he said.

During the visit, the naval attaches were received by Lt Col Amrul, Lt Col Hasan Sukur, Lt Col R Permadi and Capt Teguh lmam.

"The visit is an honor for the marine corps," he said.

The activity is one of the ways to establish good relations between the Indonesian navy and their counterparts from the friendly countries, he said.

"I hope this good relations can be maintained and enhanced for the sake of global peace," he said.

He expressed gratitude to the naval attaches for their to visit the marine troops

Source: ANTARA