Defence Minister Richard Marles will fly to Indonesia next week to sign a new co-operation agreement with Indonesia, just a few days after his Indonesian counterpart, president-elect Prabowo Subianto, visited Canberra.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed this defence agreement as “remarkable” last year in his address to the Lowy Institute.
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Susannah Patton is director, Southeast Asia Program and project lead, Asia Power Index at the Lowy Institute.
Rahman Yacoob is a research fellow in the Southeast Asia program at the Lowy Institute.
