Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia this week for a Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting with Indonesian Minister of Defence, His Excellency Gen (ret) Dr Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indonesia is one of Australia\u2019s closest and most important partners. Our relationship is built on friendship, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to peace and security in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting will build on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese\u2019s visit to Jakarta last month to sign the Australia\u2011Indonesia Treaty on Common Security, which reflects the close friendship, partnership and deep trust between Australia and Indonesia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will also give Ministers the opportunity to progress the historic Defence Cooperation Agreement, signed by Australia and Indonesia in August 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through this agreement, Australia and Indonesia continue to enhance practical arrangements, strengthening interoperability and support increased dialogue between our defence forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a><\/a><\/a>\u201cOur bilateral defence ties with Indonesia make an important contribution to our shared security, and that of the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Defence Cooperation Agreement represents a historic step in our defence cooperation, which has been further enhanced by the recently signed Treaty on Common Security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia is committed to working more closely than ever before with Indonesia, to support a s<\/a><\/a><\/a>ecure and peaceful Indo-Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia this week for a Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting with Indonesian Minister of Defence, His Excellency Gen (ret) Dr Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Indonesia is one of Australia\u2019s closest and most important partners. Our relationship is built on friendship, mutual respect, and a shared commitment … Continue reading “Travel to Indonesia”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37916,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37915\/revisions\/37916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}