Australia strengthens defence ties with Indonesia

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Australia strengthens defence ties with Indonesia

Australia has fortified defence ties with Indonesia, as the southeast ****** nation’s leader urged the government to make further commitments elsewhere and help address his country’s ***** problems.

The two nations struck a deal on a bilateral agreement after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles hosted negotiations with Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto in Canberra on Tuesday.

The Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Arrangement will be upgraded to a treaty-level agreement, which means it will be binding under international law.

“It will be a vital plant for our two country’s to support each other’s security – which is vital to both countries but also to the stability of the region we share,” Mr Albanese told reporters.

“Australia and Indonesia are working together to shape the type of region we both seek: one that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and respectful of sovereignty.”

The agreement will also improve education links between the two nations and allow them to co-operate more closely in the maritime sphere.

Mr Marles is expected to travel to Indonesia, where he will sign the treaty.

The Indonesian leader thanked Mr Albanese and the defence minister for progressing the defence pact, but also urged Australia to extend its help to other areas like agriculture, food security and narcotics.

“I view the ***** problem and the narcotics threat to be of the highest importance in Indonesia and I really value *********** help in this case,” he said in Canberra.

Indonesia has notoriously strict ***** laws and those convicted of narcotics offences can face the ****** penalty.

More than 150 people are on ****** row, mostly for ***** *******, and about one-third are foreigners.

In April, South *********** man Troy Smith was sentenced to six months of medical rehabilitation after an Indonesian court found him guilty of possessing methamphetamine in Bali.

A group of Australians known as the Bali Nine were convicted for attempting to smuggle drugs out of Indonesia in 2005.

Two members were later ********* by ******* squad.

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