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09JAKARTA70
2009-01-14 09:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 000070
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, PM, EAP/MTS, PM/PPA, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, EAP/ANZ
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/APSA D.WALTON
JOINT STAFF FOR R.CARTER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR ID AS
SUBJECT: INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION
ACCORD
REF: 08 JAKARTA 2210 AND PREVIOUS
JAKARTA 00000070 001.2 OF 002
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 000070
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, PM, EAP/MTS, PM/PPA, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, EAP/ANZ
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/APSA D.WALTON
JOINT STAFF FOR R.CARTER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR ID AS
SUBJECT: INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION
ACCORD
REF: 08 JAKARTA 2210 AND PREVIOUS
JAKARTA 00000070 001.2 OF 002
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and Australian defense chiefs
have signed a working-level understanding on cooperation
between their defense forces. The nonbinding "Statement of
Joint Understandings" is intended to be supplemented later by
a broader, ministerial-level policy document on defense
cooperation which is currently under negotiation. Australian
Embassy officials are seeking Canberra's permission to share
a copy of the document with the USG. END SUMMARY.
SIGNING AN UNDERSTANDING
2. (U) Indonesia and Australia have signed a military
cooperation agreement. Australian Defence Forces (ADF)
Commander Air Chief Marshal Allan Grant Houston and
Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander General Djoko Santoso
signed the "Statement of Joint Understandings" at a ceremony
at TNI headquarters in Cilangkap, located south of Jakarta,
on January 12. Speaking to the press after the signing
ceremony, Santoso and Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono
Sudarsono said the agreement covered cooperation in
counterterrorism, maritime security, intelligence,
peacekeeping exercises and disaster relief. Activities
provided under the agreement would include operations,
training, personnel exchanges and surveillance. Houston said
the statement supported the Lombok Treaty, a framework
bilateral agreement signed in November 2006, and showed that
Australia was "committed to working with Indonesia as a
partner to build a secure and peaceful region."
AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING
3. (C) Australian Embassy Defence Policy Advisor Paul Iozzi
briefed PolMilOff on the document, officially titled
"Statement of Joint Understandings." Iozzi said he would
seek Canberra's permission to share the text of the statement
with Mission and expected Canberra would approve. Mission
will forward a copy of the text to Department and the
Pentagon upon receipt.
4. (C) Iozzi said the statement signed by the two military
chiefs was "a nonbinding" understanding targeted at
sponsoring "concrete aspects of cooperation" between the
respective defense forces. It would eventually be
supplemented at the ministerial level by a binding defense
cooperation agreement, currently under negotiation, which
would be somewhat longer and more detailed. Both agreements
would contain similar principles and priorities for
engagement and would essentially formalize current areas and
types of cooperation. Both would be consistent with the
Lombok Treaty.
AUSTRALIA: WORKING TOWARD A DEFENSE AGREEMENT
5. (C) Despite some overlap with other accords, Iozzi
explained, Canberra thought it useful to have a separate
document at the force level since the Indonesian military was
not fully subordinate to the Department of Defense (DEPHAN)
and might remain so for some time. Moreover, the mil-mil
"understanding"--essentially little more than a "gentlemen's
agreement"--would not require formal approval by the national
legislature (DPR),whereas a DCA would.
6. (C) Note: The draft Indonesia-Australia DCA is based on
JAKARTA 00000070 002.2 OF 002
the same text that DEPHAN provided to the USG in proposing a
similar Indonesia-United States agreement. The USG and the
GOI are currently reviewing this proposal.
HEFFERN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, PM, EAP/MTS, PM/PPA, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, EAP/ANZ
SECDEF FOR USDP/ISA/APSA D.WALTON
JOINT STAFF FOR R.CARTER
NSC FOR E.PHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR ID AS
SUBJECT: INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA SIGN MILITARY COOPERATION
ACCORD
REF: 08 JAKARTA 2210 AND PREVIOUS
JAKARTA 00000070 001.2 OF 002
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and Australian defense chiefs
have signed a working-level understanding on cooperation
between their defense forces. The nonbinding "Statement of
Joint Understandings" is intended to be supplemented later by
a broader, ministerial-level policy document on defense
cooperation which is currently under negotiation. Australian
Embassy officials are seeking Canberra's permission to share
a copy of the document with the USG. END SUMMARY.
SIGNING AN UNDERSTANDING
2. (U) Indonesia and Australia have signed a military
cooperation agreement. Australian Defence Forces (ADF)
Commander Air Chief Marshal Allan Grant Houston and
Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander General Djoko Santoso
signed the "Statement of Joint Understandings" at a ceremony
at TNI headquarters in Cilangkap, located south of Jakarta,
on January 12. Speaking to the press after the signing
ceremony, Santoso and Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono
Sudarsono said the agreement covered cooperation in
counterterrorism, maritime security, intelligence,
peacekeeping exercises and disaster relief. Activities
provided under the agreement would include operations,
training, personnel exchanges and surveillance. Houston said
the statement supported the Lombok Treaty, a framework
bilateral agreement signed in November 2006, and showed that
Australia was "committed to working with Indonesia as a
partner to build a secure and peaceful region."
AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING
3. (C) Australian Embassy Defence Policy Advisor Paul Iozzi
briefed PolMilOff on the document, officially titled
"Statement of Joint Understandings." Iozzi said he would
seek Canberra's permission to share the text of the statement
with Mission and expected Canberra would approve. Mission
will forward a copy of the text to Department and the
Pentagon upon receipt.
4. (C) Iozzi said the statement signed by the two military
chiefs was "a nonbinding" understanding targeted at
sponsoring "concrete aspects of cooperation" between the
respective defense forces. It would eventually be
supplemented at the ministerial level by a binding defense
cooperation agreement, currently under negotiation, which
would be somewhat longer and more detailed. Both agreements
would contain similar principles and priorities for
engagement and would essentially formalize current areas and
types of cooperation. Both would be consistent with the
Lombok Treaty.
AUSTRALIA: WORKING TOWARD A DEFENSE AGREEMENT
5. (C) Despite some overlap with other accords, Iozzi
explained, Canberra thought it useful to have a separate
document at the force level since the Indonesian military was
not fully subordinate to the Department of Defense (DEPHAN)
and might remain so for some time. Moreover, the mil-mil
"understanding"--essentially little more than a "gentlemen's
agreement"--would not require formal approval by the national
legislature (DPR),whereas a DCA would.
6. (C) Note: The draft Indonesia-Australia DCA is based on
JAKARTA 00000070 002.2 OF 002
the same text that DEPHAN provided to the USG in proposing a
similar Indonesia-United States agreement. The USG and the
GOI are currently reviewing this proposal.
HEFFERN