| | JAKARTA - Australia mengirimkan delegasi terbesarnya untuk menghadiri IndoDefence Expo and Forum 2018, guna melanjutkan dukungan kami untuk acara industri pertahanan tri-matra Indonesia. Menteri Pertahanan Australia, Steven Ciobo, dan Chief of Air Force Australia, Marsdya Leo Davies memimpin delegasi lebih dari 70 orang terdiri dari Departemen Pertahanan Australia, Angkatan Pertahanan Australia, Kedutaan Besar Australia Jakarta, serta 21 perusahaan industri pertahanan Australia, hadir di bawah bendera Team Defence Australia (TDA). |
| Kerja sama antara pemerintah dan sektor swasta terjalin dengan kuat di Australia seperti halnya di Indonesia dan Team Defence Australia adalah contoh yang baik. Dipimpin tahun ini oleh mantan Atase Pertahanan Australia untuk Indonesia, Brigjen John Gould dan didukung oleh staf dari Departemen Pertahanan Australia dan Komisi Perdagangan Australia, delegasi Team Defence Australia mewakili usaha kecil dan menengah untuk mendukung kemampuan pertahanan Australia. Banyak dari delegasi TDA mengunjungi IndoDefence Expo dan Indonesia untuk pertama kalinya dan memanfaatkan sepenuhnya kesempatan untuk belajar tentang perkembangan di sektor industri pertahanan Indonesia dan peluang untuk kolaborasi di masa depan. | |
| Dalam kunjungan resminya, Menteri Ciobo menghadiri upacara pembukaan yang dipimpin oleh Wakil Presiden RI Drs H Jusuf Kalla. Beliau melakukan pertemuan resmi bersama Menteri Pertahanan Indonesia Ryamizard Ryacudu, KASUM TNI, Laksdya TNI Didiet Herdiawan; Wakasad, Letjen TNI Tatang Sulaiman; KASAL, Laksamana Siwi Sukma Adji dan pejabat dari Singapura dan Vietnam. Dalam setiap pertemuannya, Menteri Ciobo memahami kekuatan hubungan pertahanan bilateral dan potensi yang ada untuk menumbuhkan hubungan ini lebih jauh melalui kerja sama industri pertahanan. | |
| Untuk pertama kalinya, Departemen Pertahanan Australia dan Departemen Pertahanan Indonesia mengadakan Seminar Industri Pertahanan Bilateral sehari sebelum pameran IndoDefence. Seminar ini adalah kesempatan berharga untuk membahas kebijakan industri pertahanan dan prioritas akuisisi kebijakan Indonesia dan Australia. Penting juga adalah kesempatan untuk membangun hubungan people to people antara dua sektor industri pertahanan kami. | |
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| JAKARTA - Australia sent its largest delegation ever to 2018 IndoDefence Expo and Forum, continuing our support for Indonesia’s premier tri-service defence industry event. The Australian Minister for Defence Industry, Mr Steven Ciobo, and Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies led an official delegation of more than 70 individuals the Department of Defence, Australian Defence Force, Australian Embassy Jakarta, and 21 Australian defence industry companies, attending under the banner of Team Defence Australia.
Cooperation between the government and private sectors is strong in Australia as it is in Indonesia and Team Defence Australia is a good example. Led this year by former Australian Defence Attaché to Indonesia, BRIG John Gould and supported by staff from the Australian Department of Defence and Australian Trade Commission, the Team Defence Australia delegation show cased the role small to medium enterprises plays in support of Australian defence capability. Many of the TDA delegates were visiting the IndoDefence Expo and Indonesia for the first time and took full advantage of the opportunity to learn about developments in the Indonesian defence industry sector and opportunities for future collaboration.
During his official visit, Minister Ciobo attended the opening ceremony led by Indonesian Vice President HE Drs H Jusuf Kalla. He also met Indonesian Defence Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu; Chief of TNI General Staff, VADM Didiet Herdiawan; Indonesian Deputy Chief of Army, LTGEN Tatang Sulaiman; Indonesian Chief of Navy, Admiral Siwi Sukma Adji and officials from Singapore and Vietnam. In each of his meetings, Minister Ciobo noted the strength of the bilateral defence relationship and the potential that exists to grow this relationship further through defence industry cooperation.
For the first time, the Australian Department of Defence and Indonesian Ministry of Defence held a Bilateral Defence Industry Seminar the day before IndoDefence opened. This Seminar was a valuable opportunity to discuss Indonesia’s and Australia’s respective defence industry policies and capability acquisition priorities. Important too was the opportunity to build people to people links between our two defence industry sectors.
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