President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have agreed to strengthen defense cooperation between Indonesia and Australia aimed at enhancing consultation mechanisms at State leadership and ministerial levels on regional security issues, while also committing to develop and implement mutually beneficial security initiatives.

President Prabowo said the agreement underscores a shared commitment to maintaining regional stability and collective security.

“As close neighbors and partners, we are determined to uphold our strong relationship to ensure safety and security for both nations,” Prabowo said during a press conference broadcast on the Presidential Secretariat’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

He emphasized the importance of maintaining strong ties between Indonesia and Australia as two directly adjacent countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

“Good neighbors help each other in difficult times. In Indonesian culture, we have a saying: when facing an emergency, the first party to help us is our neighbor,” Prabowo said.

Prime Minister Albanese said the latest agreement builds upon the defense cooperation framework signed in 2024. He citIndonesia and Australia deepen defense ties with new security pact.ed that should any threats arise to the security of either or both nations, Australia and Indonesia will hold consultations and consider appropriate joint or individual responses.

“Both sides will consult and consider the measures that may be taken, whether individually or jointly,” Albanese said on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.

He noted that this renewed defense and security pact draws on a long history of collaboration, dating back to the agreement between Prime Minister Paul Keating and President Soeharto three decades ago.

The new accord also strengthens the 2006 Lombok Treaty, which reaffirmed both nations’ commitment to respecting each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

“This agreement further reinforces the Lombok Treaty of 2006, which, among other things, reiterates respect for Indonesia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty,” Albanese concluded.