“It is going to be a significant plank for our two international locations to assist one another’s safety, which is important to each international locations, but in addition to the steadiness of the area that we share,” Albanese instructed a joint press convention in Canberra with Indonesia President-elect Prabowo Subianto.
Australia and Indonesia share the world’s longest maritime boundary and already collaborate on a lot of points, together with safety, people-trafficking and drug smuggling.
“The map actually determines that Australia and Indonesia because the closest of neighbours have a shared future, however from this second forth, that future could be very a lot outlined by deep strategic belief,” Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles mentioned.
Australia has struck a lot of defence offers lately, most notably the AUKUS navy alliance with the USA and Nice Britain that angered China.
Prabowo mentioned at a discussion board final November that Indonesia was dedicated to its coverage of non-alignment and would hold good ties with each China and the USA.
