Indonesia restores defence cooperation with Australia

By Deborah Snow
Updated February 27 2017 - 2:18am, first published February 26 2017 - 5:39pm
Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesia President Joko Widodo at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo: David Moir
Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesia President Joko Widodo at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo: David Moir
Members of Australia's Indonesian community listen intently to a speech by visiting Indonesian Presidednt, Joko Widodo addressing the crowd at the Sydney Convention Centre. Photo: James Alcock
Members of Australia's Indonesian community listen intently to a speech by visiting Indonesian Presidednt, Joko Widodo addressing the crowd at the Sydney Convention Centre. Photo: James Alcock
Widodo, center left, walks through an honor guard escorted by Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove, center right, as they arrive at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo: Rick Rycroft
Widodo, center left, walks through an honor guard escorted by Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove, center right, as they arrive at Admiralty House in Sydney. Photo: Rick Rycroft

Indonesia and Australia have pressed the re-set button on their relationship, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing that military co-operation between the two countries has been fully restored after Indonesia imposed a temporary freeze late last year.

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