JAKARTA – Decommissioned Italian aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi is expected to arrive in Indonesia before the Indonesian Military (TNI) anniversary on Oct 5 to be Indonesia’s first ever carrier, Indonesian Navy chief of staff Admiral Muhammad Ali said on Feb 12.

“For the Garibaldi, it is still in the process. We hope it can arrive in Indonesia before the TNI anniversary,” he said during a press conference at the Navy Military Police headquarters in Central Jakarta on Feb 12, as quoted by the Antara news agency.