Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia arriving on 23 February for high-level defence and security discussions.
The Deputy Prime Minister will meet with his counterpart, Indonesian Minister of Defence, Prabowo Subianto, to work towards finalising the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement.
Indonesia is one of our closest partners.
We have a long history of close cooperation on maritime security and share an ambition to further broaden and deepen our defence relationship.
Quotes attributable to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP:
"The Government is invested in our relationship with Indonesia, as demonstrated by the calls the Prime Minister and I made to Minister Prabowo last week.
"I look forward to meeting my friend Minister Prabowo again to discuss the opportunities we have to build on our significant defence partnership - now and into the future."
