By Prashanth Parameswaran

December 23, 2014

"The Indonesian military is keen on playing the role of "big brother" within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and beyond to promote order in the Asia-Pacific, the head of the country's armed forces (TNI), General Moeldoko, said yesterday.

In remarks delivered before officially opening a meeting of senior Indonesian military leaders, Moeldoko said that he had used Indonesia's rising power and influence in various regional fora such as the ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM) to advance the military's goal of making itself a "big brother" in Southeast Asia."

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