Overview

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to discuss defence collaboration, trade, and economic engagement.
• Albanese reaffirmed support for Indonesia's accession to the OECD and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP).
• The leaders emphasized expanding joint military exercises and maritime security under the 2024 Defence Cooperation Agreement, which Indonesia committed to ratifying.
• Albanese urged Australian businesses to deepen trade and investment ties with Indonesia, highlighting its projected rise as the fifth-largest economy by 2035.
• Indonesia dismissed claims of a Russian request to establish an airbase in Papua, reiterating its non-aligned stance.