Indonesia and Australia make a defence pact

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday during the visit of the defence minister of Indonesia, President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Canberra that both countries had finalised negotiations on a defence agreement "at Treaty level". It assumes, among others, the anticipation of deploying troops in the territory of the another country.** Australian defence minister Richard Marles said that the agreement to be signed within the next fewer days during his visit to Jakarta is “the most crucial agreement always negotiated” between these countries. It provides for the extension of the scope of common military manoeuvres and for the common access of the armed forces to their territories.