Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday on the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia signed a deal on Friday to repatriate an ailing French national who has been on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offenses. In 2015 Serge Atlaoui won a last-minute reprieve from being executed by a 13-member firing squad.

Indonesia has signed a deal to repatriate an ailing French national who has been on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offences. In 2015, Serge Atlaoui won a last-minute reprieve from being executed by a 13-member firing squad.

Indonesia and France will sign an agreement on Friday for the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister has said.

Indonesia and France have signed an agreement to repatriate a French citizen who was facing the death penalty over drug offenses. Serge Atlaoui has been in jail in Indonesia since 2005.

Paris officially requested Atlaoui's transfer in a letter from the minister of justice dated Dec. 19, according to Minister Yusril.

The Indonesian government will repatriate death row drug convict Serge Areski Atlaoui to his home country, France, on February 4, 2025, based on a practical

Serge Atlaoui, 61, who had been sentenced to death for drug offenses in Indonesia in 2007 and has long proclaimed his innocence, is now due to be sent back to France, after months of talks between the two countries.

Frenchman Serge Atlaoui, 61, is the latest among high-profile detainees to be released by Indonesia in recent weeks