Embassy of Russia in Brunei

🎙Media statements by Russia's President Vladimir Putin following Russian-Indonesian talks(June 19, 2025) 💬Vladimir Putin: Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. It is with great pleasure that we welcome the President of the Republic of Indonesia to Russia. President Prabowo Subianto’s official visit coincides with his participation in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. We are grateful to the President for accepting our invitation and for his forthcoming address at tomorrow’s Forum plenary session, which this year is dedicated to the theme “Shared Values as the Foundation of Growth in a Multipolar World.” Mr President visited Russia on multiple occasions, including during his tenure as the Minister of Defence of his country. Last July, we met with him in Moscow, after his election as the head of state. I would like to emphasise that Indonesia is one of our key partners in the Asia-Pacific region. Our relations continue to develop steadily on a mutually beneficial basis, grounded in longstanding traditions of friendship and mutual assistance. 🤝 This year marks the 75th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between our nations. At that time, our country played an active role in the establishment of Indonesian statehood and the strengthening of the young Republic’s international standing. <...> Many facilities built during that period continue to operate successfully to this day, benefiting the Indonesian people. Russia is committed to the progressive development of cooperation and relations with Indonesia across all sectors. Russia played a significant role in facilitating Indonesia’s accession to #BRICS as a full member. We welcome Indonesia’s assumption of membership rights effective January 1. Given Indonesia’s weight and influence in contemporary global politics and economy, this step was undoubtedly the correct one and will bringsubstantial added value to both BRICS and all its cooperation mechanisms. Today’s talks were substantive. We discussed a broad spectrum of current issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as key topics on the international agenda. The declaration on strategic partnership, which we approved with Mr President following the talks, sets out ambitious and responsibleobjectives for deepening Russian-Indonesian relations across multiple domains, with particular emphasis on trade and economic cooperation. Several intergovernmental agreements and interagency arrangements were also concluded. I would like to emphasise that Indonesia is one of our leading South Asian foreign trade partners. 📈 Last year, bilateral trade was up by 2.5 percent at $4.3 billion, and in the first four months of this year it grew by another 40 percent. <...> We are also open to cooperation with our Indonesian partners in harnessing peaceful nuclear energy. This could include joint projects using nuclear technologies for non-energy purposes in medicine and agriculture, as well as training personnel for Indonesia’s national nuclear industry. We have an interest and are willing to collaborate in many high-tech sectors, such as outer space exploration, digitalisation, smart city technologies, and artificial intelligence. We are actively cooperating in the cultural and humanitarian sphere. <...> We are working on projects in the professional training as well with over 500 Indonesian students studying in our country. <...> 🌐 We certainly also discussed pressing issues on the international agenda. We noted that our countries’ positions on most of them either coincide or are very close. Our nations uphold the principles of the rule of international law and sovereignty, and we jointly advocate peaceful and sustainable development of the Asia-Pacific region. We also coordinate joint efforts at the UN and other international platforms. I would like to once again highly commend today’s productive work with Mr President. Undoubtedly, this visit will further strengthen the entire framework of Russian-Indonesian strategic partnership for the benefit of our peoples. Read in full 🇷🇺🇮🇩#RussiaIndonesia

🇷🇺🇮🇩 On the sidelines of the 28th St Petersburg International Economic Forum, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putinheld a meeting with President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, who is in Russia on an official visit (June 19, 2025) 💬Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends. I am happy to welcome you to St Petersburg. We previously met in Moscow before your inauguration, and now, during your official visit, we have the opportunity to discuss our bilateral relationsin greater detail. Tomorrow, we will participate in the plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, where you will be our guest of honour. This forum has long served as a valuable platform, bringing together a wide range of entrepreneurs and political leaders from around the world. 🤝 Our relations with Indonesia are steadily advancing, with trade turnover on the rise and strong prospects across several key and promising areas of cooperation. These include agriculture, space exploration, energy, and military-technical cooperation. The scope of our partnership is substantial and continues to expand. Indonesia is now a full-fledged member of #BRICS, and we very much hope — in fact, I am sure of it — that Indonesia will contribute significantly to the development and work of this organisation, which is becoming more and more influential in international affairs. We are very pleased to see you, Mr President. Welcome. #RussiaIndonesia

🎙 Interview by Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Sergei Tolchenov, to TvOneNews: Key talking points • We are ready to work with any Indonesian Government. In the history of our bilateral ties we have had good relations with every government in Jakarta. I hope this will continue in the future, especially taking into account that President Prabowo Subianto has visited Russia several times, even in his capacity as Minister of Defence. • Indonesia is our long-standing friend. We have good political relations but we have much more to do in practical spheres: defence, trade, investment, economy, education, culture. • We are ready to cooperate in different fields, including the nuclear power sector. It is possible, taking into account that Russia is one of the most developed countries in this field. If the Indonesian side is interested, we are ready. • We are following the current development of the situation here in Indonesia very closely. We noticed that you are ready to include nuclear energy in the plans of development of your energy sphere in the future. If Indonesia decides to cooperate with Russia in this field, it will be cheaper, safer and we will manage to help our Indonesian friends to have nuclear power. • We are ready to be a partner who can share our experience, deliver military equipment to Indonesia. In a couple of weeks we will have a group of Russian ships come to Surabaya for the first-ever joint Russian-Indonesian military exercises. #RussiaIndonesia🇷🇺🇮🇩

🇷🇺🇮🇩 On September 22, FM Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with Foreign Minister of #Indonesia Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The discussion focused on the implementation of the agreements reached during the talks between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo in Moscow on June 30, 2022. The Ministers also spoke about strengthening the practical vector of bilateral cooperation, as well as a number of topical issues on the international and regional agenda. #RussiaIndonesia