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.

Atlaoui was sentenced to death for his role as a "chemical expert" in a clandestine drug manufacturing operation in Tangerang.

Indonesia and France to finalize the transfer of Serge Atlaoui, jailed since 2007, amid hopes for repatriation

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 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.