{"id":146042,"date":"2023-02-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=913511"},"modified":"2023-02-10T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"australia-to-bolster-defence-ties-with-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/02\/10\/australia-to-bolster-defence-ties-with-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to bolster defence ties with Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cWe intend for the new agreement to bolster our strong defence co-operation by supporting increased dialogue, strengthening interoperability, and enhancing practical arrangements,\u201d the pair said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
\n\u201cNegotiations will include consideration of issues such as reciprocal access to training ranges and streamlined entry and exit processes for joint activities.\u201d
\nMr Marles said Australia and Indonesia made an important shared contribution to regional security, including through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN].
\nAustralia and Indonesia said they would work together to \u201cnavigate a more contested region, ensuring responsible management of strategic competition\u201d through ASEAN.
\n\u201cElevating our existing arrangement sends an important message of our shared commitment to a region that embraces ASEAN centrality and the objectives and principles of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, where sovereignty is respected.\u201d
\nAfter joint talks with Senator Wong and Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at Parliament House, the two countries have also agreed to work together on military medicine supply, military technology, defence industry and wider defence co-operation.
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\nThe group reiterated its condemnation of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, denouncing the prolonged war and its \u201cimmense human suffering\u201d.
\nThey said the conflict, which is approaching its first anniversary, had badly exacerbated \u201cexisting fragilities in the global economy\u201d, and was constraining global economic growth, increasing inflation, disrupting supply chains and heightening energy and food insecurity.
\nThe statement also promised renewed co-operation on the challenge of combatting global disinformation and misinformation. The ministers agreed on the importance of democratic resilience and strong democratic institutions in the modern era.
\nMr Marles and Senator Wong praised Indonesia\u2019s leadership of the G20 bloc last year, saying Jakarta had led a strong agenda of global recovery from the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
\nFederal Labor is working to shore up and renew relationships around the Indo-Pacific, including pushing back on a more assertive China and tackling threats associated with climate change.
\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Papua New Guinea last month, pledging to sign a new security pact with the country\u2019s government by the middle of the year.
\nLast month, Indonesia deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel active in a resource-rich maritime area that both countries claim as their own.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe intend for the new agreement to bolster our strong defence co-operation by supporting increased dialogue, strengthening interoperability, and enhancing practical arrangements,\u201d the pair said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
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