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India’s PM Winds Up Visit to Indonesia, Hails ‘New Avenues’ For Cooperation

The two sides signed 14 agreements, including a landmark deal for the provision of BrahMos supersonic missiles to the Indonesian armed forces.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visit the Prambanan Temple Compound Restoration and Conservation Project in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Jul. 8, 2026.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday wound up a three-day visit to Indonesia, which saw him sign a raft of deals on critical minerals, agriculture, and missile procurements with the Southeast Asian nation.

During the visit, which is part of a three-nation regional tour that will also take him to Australia and New Zealand, Modi held bilateral talks with President Prabowo Subianto, who personally dropped him off at the airport prior to his departure yesterday. The visit was Modi’s first to Indonesia since 2023, and came after Prabowo was welcomed to India as a Republic Day chief guest in January 2025.

During the visit, India and Indonesia signed 14 agreements covering critical minerals, maritime security, and defense. According to a joint statement, the two leaders “reaffirmed their strong commitment to further enhance and broaden the defense and maritime partnership,” building on the Defense Agreement signed in 2018. They also “highlighted that economic and trade cooperation remains a key pillar of the dynamic India-Indonesia ties” and pledged to unlock “greater economic opportunities.”

In a post on X just prior to his departure for Melbourne, Modi said that he left Indonesia “with immense satisfaction at the outcomes achieved as far as the future of our partnership is concerned.”

He added that the visit had “opened new avenues for cooperation in defense and security, maritime collaboration, critical and emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, digital innovation and capacity building.”

Speaking at a joint press conference after his summit with Modi on Tuesday, Prabowo said, “We’re two of the largest democracies in the world. Partnerships between us will bring benefits to the region.”

The agreements signed during Modi’s visit included MoUs on agriculture and the strengthening of supply chains in critical minerals and steel. But perhaps the most significant was the signing of a contract between BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian ​joint venture missile manufacturer, and Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense for the provision of BrahMos missiles to the Indonesian armed forces.

The Indonesian government, which announced that there had been a “contract signing for BrahMos missile system,”........

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