CANBERRA: Indonesia’s president has called for a closer partnership with Australia as their shared democratic values are threatened by uncertain global economics.
President Joko Widodo was addressing a rare joint sitting of the Australian Parliament yesterday during the first visit to the country by an Indonesian leader since Susilo Bambang Yuhhoyono in 2010.
The world could also face more uncertainties by then with greater challenges to geopolitics and geoeconomics, he added. Indonesia is Australia’s closest neighbour after Papua New Guinea, but the two countries rank as only each other’s 13th most important partner in terms of bilateral trade. Monash University, Australia’s largest, will open its first overseas campus in Indonesia under the agreement.Both leaders emphasised the closeness of their relationship by sharing an informal dinner at the prime minister’s residence on Saturday with their foreign ministers but no other officials.
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