Australia and Indonesia announce new bilateral security treaty

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia and Indonesia have agreed on a new bilateral treaty on security and defence cooperation, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a joint press conference with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday.

“This treaty will commit Australia and Indonesia to consult at a leader and ministerial level on a regular basis on matters of security, to identify and undertake mutually beneficial security activities,” Albanese said.

(Reporting by Christine Chen in Sydney; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)