Australia’s thin new Indonesia pact ignores human rights abuse

The Albanian government boasted for the second time 18 months – About a “historic” new security agreement with Indonesia, our closest neighbor and Southeast Asia’s most populous country and largest economy.

“The new agreement is a turning point in Australia-Indonesia relations” The prime minister’s statement is as follows. “This represents an important extension of our security and defense cooperation and shows that our relationship is stronger than ever.”

However, in line with Anthony Albanese’s preference for what can be described as frictionless diplomacy, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s famous diplomacy was not mentioned. poor human rights record and experts say democratic decline is accelerating under his rule.