Indonesia is at the core of India’s Act East Policy and New Delhi welcomes Jakarta’s BRICS membership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while welcoming the Indonesian President to the country.
PM Modi also said that India and Indonesia are closely cooperating in various multilateral platforms and added that he discussed with President Prabowo Subianto ways to deepen India-Indonesia relations in areas like security, defence manufacturing, trade and FinTech, among others.
“Welcoming the President of Indonesia, H.E. Mr. Prabowo Subianto, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on January 25, 2025 remarked that various aspects of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership were discussed. He highlighted that Indonesia was at the core of our Act East Policy and India welcomes Indonesia’s BRICS membership,” a statement of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
The Indonesian president, accompanied by a high-powered delegation of six cabinet ministers, senior officials and a very large business contingent, arrived in India on Thursday night on a four-day state visit. Subianto was the chief guest at the 76th Republic Day celebrations at Kartavya Path on Sunday.
India is honoured to welcome President Prabowo Subianto.
When we marked our first Republic Day, Indonesia was the guest nation and now, when we are marking 75 years of India being a Republic, President Subianto will be attending the celebrations. We discussed various aspects of… pic.twitter.com/8YiWA8zlQb
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 25, 2025
“India is honoured to welcome President Prabowo Subianto. When we marked our first Republic Day, Indonesia was the guest nation and now, when we are marking 75 years of India being a Republic, President Subianto will be attending the celebrations. We discussed various aspects of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” the prime minister said in a post on X on Saturday.
“We discussed ways to deepen India-Indonesia relations in areas such as security, defence manufacturing, trade, FinTech, AI and more. Sectors like food security, energy and disaster management are also areas where we look forward to working closely. India and Indonesia are closely cooperating in various multilateral platforms as well. Indonesia is at the core of our Act East Policy and we welcome Indonesia’s BRICS membership,” PM Modi added.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian President, while speaking at the banquet hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, said that Indonesia has deep civilisational links with India and many Indonesian names come from Sanskrit. He also asserted that he has Indian DNA and added that he starts dancing whenever he hears Indian music.
Subianto’s presence at the grand parade came 75 years after Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, attended the first Republic Day celebrations in 1950 as the chief guest. Subianto, a former defence minister, is the fourth Indonesian president to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations.
