Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, will welcome Indonesian Defence Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto to Australia from 19 to 20 August 2024.
This is President-elect Prabowo’s first visit to Australia since Indonesia’s general election in February 2024.
Prime Minister Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister Marles will host President-elect Prabowo in Canberra. They will discuss Australia’s continued commitment to working in partnership with Indonesia on shared economic, security and net zero transition priorities.
Indonesia is one of Australia’s closest partners and this year our countries celebrate 75 years of bilateral diplomatic relations.
Quotes attributable to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
“Indonesia and Australia are the closest of partners and I welcome the opportunity to meet with President-elect Prabowo ahead of his inauguration in October.
“My Government is committed to working with Indonesia to shape the type of region we both seek - one that is peaceful, stable and prosperous, and respectful of sovereignty.”
Quotes attributable to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles
“I have had the pleasure of working with and getting to know President-elect Prabowo during his time as Defence Minister, in which we have been making great strides in our two countries defence cooperation.
“Australia and Indonesia are working closer together than we have before and are expanding the scope and complexity of our exercises together as we address shared regional challenges.”