It read a little like a romance novel.
Separated by the Pacific Ocean and a longstanding travel ban to the United States, Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto spoke to United States Defence Secretary Mark Esper by phone a few times on defence cooperation between their countries.
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