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ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for joining us. It is wonderful to be back here in Jakarta for my fifth visit to Indonesia as Prime Minister of Australia. And this relationship is absolutely ...

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The agreement symbolizes the health of the relationship between Canberra and Jakarta, but stops short of providing binding ...

Indonesian and Australian leaders signed a new bilateral security treaty that both governments say will deepen security ties between the two often-testy neighbors. The treaty was signed Friday ...