Malaysia will get drones and fast interceptor boats for surveillance and monitoring of its maritime borders from Japan’s Official Security Assistance (OSA) grant aid.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan was responding to news reports the aid was to boost Malaysia’s maritime security, as Asian nations sought to counter threats in its maritime waters.
“Our maritime borders are vast, we can’t set up outposts on every island. So we looked at the available technology and found drones can be effective, and the fast interceptor boats are needed to catch up with intruders or for rescue operations,” he said when asked on the reports during the Malaysian diaspora event here today.
On Saturday, Mohamad, representing the Defence Minister, signed the exchange of notes of the OSA, witnessed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.
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