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

"The agreement is due to be signed early Friday afternoon in Jakarta by Mr Yusril and Gerald Darmanin, the French Justice Minister, remotely from Paris, by videoconference," the source said.

Indonesia and France will sign an agreement Friday for the transfer of a Frenchman who has languished on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offences, an Indonesian minister and sources close to the talks told AFP.

Indonesia and France will on Friday (Jan 24) sign an agreement over the repatriation of a Frenchman on death row for drug offences, a senior Indonesian minister said. Serge Atlaoui, who has been in jail in Indonesia since 2005,

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. Serge Atlaoui, who was jailed in Indonesia in 2005,

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

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. Serge Atlaoui, who was jailed in Indonesia in 2005,

The release deal for Serge Atlaoui comes weeks after five Australians, serving sentences for drug smuggling, were allowed to return home last month.View on euronews

Indonesia and France signed an agreement on Friday for the transfer of a Frenchman who has languished on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offenses, an Indonesian minister told AFP. Indonesia has,

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.