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View all search resultsIndonesia, Australia boost maritime security cooperation
Indonesia and Australia’s joint efforts at sea would target “a full range of maritime threats”, including “those against sovereignty”, human and drug trafficking and environmental crimes, both countries’ ministers said after the 2+2 meeting in Canberra.
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Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (third right) and Foreign Minsiter Sugiono (fourth right) talk with their counterparts, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles (third left) and Foreign Minister Penny Wong (fourth left), during the annual 2+2 Indonesia-Australia meeting in Canberra, Australia on Aug. 28, 2025. (Handout/Courtesy of Foreign Ministry)
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ndonesia and Australia have agreed to intensify their maritime cooperation through a new dialogue forum aimed at improving surveillance, coordination and response capabilities, as the two countries pledge to maintain regional stability amid rising geopolitical tensions.
Amid global political and economic uncertainties, Jakarta and Canberra remained steadfast in their commitment to upholding rules-based international systems, the defense and foreign ministers of both countries said.
On Thursday, Foreign Minister Sugiono and Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin met with their Australian counterparts Penny Wong and Richard Marles, respectively, in Canberra for the ninth annual 2+2 meeting between the neighbors.
The meeting followed a bilateral convening three months earlier in Jakarta between President Prabowo Subianto and freshly reelected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, during which the two underscored the importance of deepening security ties.
In line with commitments made during the leaders’ meeting, the talks on Thursday announced some new initiatives to strengthen the two countries’ maritime and military cooperation, including the first Indonesia-Australia Maritime Dialogue set to be hosted by Jakarta this year.
While details on the upcoming maritime dialogue remained unclear, the ministers emphasized in their joint statement continued future cooperation in information sharing, official exchanges and academic cooperation in the context of maritime security.
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