ASIATODAY.ID, MAGELANG – Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia The Hon Richard Donald Marles MP signed an Indonesia-Australia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) at the Military Academy, Magelang, Thursday, 29 August 2024.
“This Defense Cooperation Agreement is a sustainable historical milestone to help overcome various security threats,” said Prabowo.
Before signing the collaboration, Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia The Hon Richard Donald Marles MP witnessed the march of the Military Academy cadets.
Prabowo Subianto conveyed that the Defense Cooperations Agreement (DCA) indicated that Indonesia and Australia wanted to continue and maintain friendly relations.
“I am determined to maintain relations with Australia so that they will be better in the future,” said Prabowo, who is also the Elected President of Indonesia.
This Defense Cooperations Agreement (DCA) is legally binding so it shows the serious commitment of the two countries to improve and strengthen defense relations within the framework of a comprehensive strategic partnership.
The consideration for increasing DCA’s status to a legally binding agreement is based on the increasing intensity of military cooperation activities between the two countries over the last 10 years, especially in the fields of education and training.
One example is sending TNI cadets to study at the Australian Defense Forces Academy (ADFA) and The Royal Military College, Duntroon, plans for a Joint UN Mission between the TNI and ADF, as well as increasing the intensity of joint training, both between units and a combination of the three second units. country.
The Ministry of Defense together with Indonesian Ministries and Institutions have held coordination meetings more than 30 times since March 2023, both online and offline, in preparing the text of this agreement.
Negotiations on the text of the agreement have been carried out through a series of meetings in Jakarta in May and December, including in Canberra in August 2023. (AT Network)
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