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Indonesia's Prabowo Arrives in Pakistan for Two-Day Visit Marking 75 Years of Ties

Talks focus on expanded economic, defence, technology cooperation with several MoUs expected.

Overview

  • President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received Prabowo at Nur Khan Airbase with a red-carpet welcome.
  • The Indonesian leader arrived with a delegation of key ministers and senior officials for meetings in Islamabad.
  • Scheduled engagements include delegation-level talks with Shehbaz Sharif plus meetings with Zardari and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir.
  • Pakistan’s business groups urged negotiations toward deeper trade ties, including a possible FTA, as bilateral trade was about $4.7 billion in 2024 and $2.92 billion in January–September 2025.
  • The visit is Prabowo’s first to Pakistan, following the last Indonesian presidential trip in 2018 by Joko Widodo, with defence cooperation highlighted in recent high-level contacts.