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Prabowo, Albanese to strengthen ties in Jakarta visit
Following the diplomatic tradition of picking an Asian country, especially Indonesia, for his first bilateral visit, newly reelected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will talk about strengthening economic cooperation with President Prabowo Subianto in his two-day visit to Jakarta.
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Australia's Governor General Sam Mostyn shows a selfie to Australia's re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (center) and his cabinet members after a swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra on May 13, 2025. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
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trengthening economic cooperation between Jakarta and Canberra is expected to be among the priorities discussed during the meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and recently reelected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Jakarta in the coming days.
On Tuesday, the Cabinet Secretariat posted on its official Instagram account that Prabowo will host Albanese in the State Palace in Jakarta during the prime minister’s visit to Indonesia from Wednesday to Friday.
Albanese, who was sworn in along with his ministers on Tuesday, will “depart for Indonesia on the evening of May 14,” as written in the Cabinet Secretariat’s post.
Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya also met on Monday with Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Roderick Brazier, who just gave his letter of credentials to Prabowo last Tuesday, to talk about Albanese’s visit plan in Jakarta.
A visit to Asia, especially Indonesia, as their first bilateral trip destination is a diplomatic tradition for every newly elected Australian prime minister. But Albanese has signaled that his Jakarta visit would be beyond ceremonial in nature, emphasizing Australia’s deep interest in engaging further with its neighbor as a necessity at a time of economic turbulence.
“Tomorrow I will travel to Indonesia to meet with our friend the President and to renew that acquaintance,” Albanese said during a parliamentary meeting in Canberra on Tuesday.
“It is important, our engagement internationally [...]. We know that international trade and economic circumstances are difficult and turbulent, and our job is to navigate those seas whilst keeping our eye on the horizon,” he continued.
