Overview
- Defence ministers in Jakarta announced plans to develop trilateral security arrangements with Japan and, separately, with Papua New Guinea.
- Indonesia identified Morotai Island as a candidate site to upgrade World War II-era installations into a joint training base for land and sea exercises.
- An Indonesian colonel will embed as deputy commander of Australia’s 1st Brigade in Darwin from early next year to strengthen day-to-day interoperability.
- Both governments said they will begin intelligence sharing under the expanded cooperation, with specific mechanisms yet to be detailed.
- Jakarta said Morotai would be accessible to partners such as the Philippines and Singapore, while a separate training facility with Singapore in North Kalimantan is proceeding.