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Russia working quietly on Indonesia military ties before air base storm
Russia 'working quietly' on Indonesia military ties before air base storm
By Riley Stuart and Anna-Maria Tesfaye in London
Topic:World Politics
A Russian Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bomber takes flight during a training mission this year. (Supplied: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In short:
A report published this week claimed Russia had requested to station war planes at an air base in Indonesia.
The report has shone a light on Moscow's deepening relationship with Jakarta.
What's next?
While Indonesia has dismissed the claim as "not true", it is continuing to build military ties with Russia.
Indonesia denied it, Russia didn't comment on it and Australia seemed surprised about it.
Moscow's relationship with Jakarta is in the spotlight, after a report claimed the Kremlin had asked to station war planes at an air base 1,200 kilometres from Darwin.
The story, published by global military intelligence agency Janes, dominated Australia's federal election discourse on Tuesday afternoon.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles both scrambled to get specifics, with the latter eventually clarifying it wasn't going to happen.
But deepening military ties between Indonesia and Russia are not new: in fact, diplomats from both countries have been speaking about them for years.
President Putin and President Prabowo seated on ornate golden chairs facing each other at a meeting in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto in Moscow last year. (Pool: Maxim Shemetov via Reuters)
In October, Moscow's ambassador to Jakarta, Sergei Tolchenov, told Russian state-run news agency TASS that military cooperation was "integral" to the countries' relations.
"For obvious reasons, I probably will not name any specific topics and projects now," he said.
"But we are working quietly in this direction. Business, diplomacy, and especially the military-technical sphere love silence.
"I am sure that there will be substantive agreements."
Russia and Indonesia have a warm relationship and held naval exercises in the Java Sea late last year.
"These are our bilateral affairs, and we, in general, do not care how some third countries feel about this," Mr Tolchenov told TASS.
He said partnerships such as AUKUS and the Quad, which includes Australia, India, Japan and the United States, were threats to the security of the region.
"We see that our Indonesian partners accept our arguments," he said.
"Of course, there are countries in this region that are ready to do everything that NATO or the Americans tell them, but most of the ASEAN member countries, including Indonesia, are pursuing an independent policy, they absolutely do not like this NATO line, it does not suit them."
The Janes report claimed Moscow had issued an official request to base Russian aircraft at the Manuhua Air Force Base at Biak Numfor in the Indonesian province of Papua.
In 2017, Russia flew two nuclear-capable bombers on a patrol mission out of the base on what appeared to be an intelligence gathering exercise.
On Tuesday, Indonesian military spokesperson Brigadier General Frega Ferdinand Wenas Inkiriwang said the Janes report was "not true".
The Kremlin declined to comment on the specifics of the story, but spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "There are a lot of different pieces of fake news around, publications in the media, including those that relate to sensitive areas."
Indonesia and Russia hold regular bilaterals. In fact, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov arrived in Indonesia with a Russian delegation earlier this week for what's been billed as a business summit.
Jakarta's embassy in Moscow marked the meeting with a post on the encrypted messaging service Telegram that finished: "In the context of global geopolitical instability, Indonesia and Russia are using the moment to deepen cooperation and develop diplomatic ties."
In July last year, Russian president Vladimir Putin hosted Prabowo Subianto, who was Indonesia's defence minister and president-elect at the time, in Moscow.
During the meeting, Russian media outlet REN TV reported "special attention" was given to military cooperation.
The prospect of a Russian military base in South-East Asia has been discussed previously.
In 2017, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti published an interview with Indonesia's then-ambassador to Moscow, Wahid Supriyadi, who was asked what he thought about the idea.
"In my opinion, this — the creation of a military base — cannot happen, since any aggressive actions in South-East Asia are prohibited by out principles, our constitution," he said.
The US has a growing military presence in Darwin, something Russia has previously criticised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-...ties/105181178
Kekhawatiran media Australia atas Kerjasama Indonesia-Australia
Kemenhan Duga Ada Upaya Adu Domba Lewat Isu Markas Militer Rusia di Papua
Kompas.com - 16/04/2025, 18:30 WIB Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Ardito Ramadhan Tim Redaksi 1 Lihat Foto Kepala Biro Info Pertahanan (Infohan) Setjen Kemenhan RI, Brigjen TNI Frega Wenas Inkiriwang ditemui di Kantor Kemenhan, Jakarta, Rabu (16/4/2025).(KOMPAS.com/NICHOLAS RYAN ADITYA)
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemenhan) menduga ada upaya mengadu domba dan menimbulkan kegaduhan dengan munculnya isu yang menyebut Pangkalan TNI Angkatan Udara (Lanud) Manuhua di Biak, Papua, bakal dijadikan markas militer Rusia. Kepala Biro Informasi Pertahanan Kemenhan Brigjen TNI Frega Wenas Inkiriwang menilai isu tersebut bisa jadi dimunculkan oleh pihak-pihak yang ingin memecah belah.
"Ketika ada isu-isu polemik dari hal-hal kecil, saya tidak tahu, mungkin ada pihak-pihak yang ingin mengadu domba atau yang ingin memunculkan masalah, akhirnya jadinya timbul kegaduhan," kata Frega, ditemui di Kantor Kemenhan RI, Jakarta, Rabu (16/4/2025).
Menurut Frega, kegaduhan itu pun tidak hanya muncul di dalam ngeri, tetapi juga di luar negeri.
Ia pun menegaskan bahwa kabar yang menyebut Lanud Manuhua akan menjadi pangkalan militer Rusia tidak benar.
Frega menjelaskan, secara prinsip, Indonesia memiliki sikap tegas dalam menjaga kedaulatan dan politik luar negeri yang bebas aktif. Pengalaman sejarah telah menunjukkan bahwa menerima tawaran pangkalan militer dari negara asing justru berisiko mengganggu kepentingan nasional.
"Kita meyakini bahwa dengan menerima peluang tersebut justru akan mungkin kontraproduktif dengan kepentingan nasional Indonesia," katanya.
Frega, turut memastikan bahwa tidak ada pembicaraan apa pun terkait penggunaan pangkalan militer oleh negara asing.
"Saya mencoba merekam kembali dan berkoordinasi dengan yang memang hadir di pertemuan tersebut, meyakinkan, benar enggak saya yang salah, atau mungkin saya lupa. Ternyata memang tidak ada pembicaraan itu," tutur Frega.
Ia pun menegaskan kembali bahwa fokus utama pemerintah saat ini adalah membangun dan mensejahterakan rakyat, bukan membuka ruang bagi polemik geopolitik yang dapat mengganggu stabilitas nasional.
Sebelumnya, dikutip dari Antara, media asing melaporkan bahwa Federasi Rusia meminta kepada pemerintah Indonesia untuk menjadikan Lanud Manuhua di Biak, Papua, sebagai lokasi pangkalan bagi pesawat-pesawat militer Rusia.
Permintaan tersebut disampaikan setelah pertemuan antara Menhan RI dengan Sekretaris Dewan Keamanan Rusia pada Februari 2025, dengan maksud menempatkan pesawat-pesawat jarak jauh milik Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) di Lanud Manuhua, yang berbagi landasan pacu dengan Bandara Frans Kaisiepo.
Kemenhan pun menepis kabar tersebut. "Terkait pemberitaan tentang usulan penggunaan pangkalan Indonesia oleh Rusia, Kemenhan mengklarifikasi bahwa berita tersebut tidak benar," kata Frega kepada Kompas.com melalui pesan singkat, Selasa (15/4/2025).
https://nasional.kompas.com/read/202...usia-di-papua.
Yang mencetuskan dari media militer Amerika terus disebarkan oposisi Australia dan ditanggapi Pemerintah Australia yang khawatir.
By Riley Stuart and Anna-Maria Tesfaye in London
Topic:World Politics
A Russian Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bomber takes flight during a training mission this year. (Supplied: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
In short:
A report published this week claimed Russia had requested to station war planes at an air base in Indonesia.
The report has shone a light on Moscow's deepening relationship with Jakarta.
What's next?
While Indonesia has dismissed the claim as "not true", it is continuing to build military ties with Russia.
Indonesia denied it, Russia didn't comment on it and Australia seemed surprised about it.
Moscow's relationship with Jakarta is in the spotlight, after a report claimed the Kremlin had asked to station war planes at an air base 1,200 kilometres from Darwin.
The story, published by global military intelligence agency Janes, dominated Australia's federal election discourse on Tuesday afternoon.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles both scrambled to get specifics, with the latter eventually clarifying it wasn't going to happen.
But deepening military ties between Indonesia and Russia are not new: in fact, diplomats from both countries have been speaking about them for years.
President Putin and President Prabowo seated on ornate golden chairs facing each other at a meeting in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto in Moscow last year. (Pool: Maxim Shemetov via Reuters)
In October, Moscow's ambassador to Jakarta, Sergei Tolchenov, told Russian state-run news agency TASS that military cooperation was "integral" to the countries' relations.
"For obvious reasons, I probably will not name any specific topics and projects now," he said.
"But we are working quietly in this direction. Business, diplomacy, and especially the military-technical sphere love silence.
"I am sure that there will be substantive agreements."
Russia and Indonesia have a warm relationship and held naval exercises in the Java Sea late last year.
"These are our bilateral affairs, and we, in general, do not care how some third countries feel about this," Mr Tolchenov told TASS.
He said partnerships such as AUKUS and the Quad, which includes Australia, India, Japan and the United States, were threats to the security of the region.
"We see that our Indonesian partners accept our arguments," he said.
"Of course, there are countries in this region that are ready to do everything that NATO or the Americans tell them, but most of the ASEAN member countries, including Indonesia, are pursuing an independent policy, they absolutely do not like this NATO line, it does not suit them."
The Janes report claimed Moscow had issued an official request to base Russian aircraft at the Manuhua Air Force Base at Biak Numfor in the Indonesian province of Papua.
In 2017, Russia flew two nuclear-capable bombers on a patrol mission out of the base on what appeared to be an intelligence gathering exercise.
On Tuesday, Indonesian military spokesperson Brigadier General Frega Ferdinand Wenas Inkiriwang said the Janes report was "not true".
The Kremlin declined to comment on the specifics of the story, but spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "There are a lot of different pieces of fake news around, publications in the media, including those that relate to sensitive areas."
Indonesia and Russia hold regular bilaterals. In fact, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov arrived in Indonesia with a Russian delegation earlier this week for what's been billed as a business summit.
Jakarta's embassy in Moscow marked the meeting with a post on the encrypted messaging service Telegram that finished: "In the context of global geopolitical instability, Indonesia and Russia are using the moment to deepen cooperation and develop diplomatic ties."
In July last year, Russian president Vladimir Putin hosted Prabowo Subianto, who was Indonesia's defence minister and president-elect at the time, in Moscow.
During the meeting, Russian media outlet REN TV reported "special attention" was given to military cooperation.
The prospect of a Russian military base in South-East Asia has been discussed previously.
In 2017, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti published an interview with Indonesia's then-ambassador to Moscow, Wahid Supriyadi, who was asked what he thought about the idea.
"In my opinion, this — the creation of a military base — cannot happen, since any aggressive actions in South-East Asia are prohibited by out principles, our constitution," he said.
The US has a growing military presence in Darwin, something Russia has previously criticised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-...ties/105181178
Kekhawatiran media Australia atas Kerjasama Indonesia-Australia
Kemenhan Duga Ada Upaya Adu Domba Lewat Isu Markas Militer Rusia di Papua
Kompas.com - 16/04/2025, 18:30 WIB Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Ardito Ramadhan Tim Redaksi 1 Lihat Foto Kepala Biro Info Pertahanan (Infohan) Setjen Kemenhan RI, Brigjen TNI Frega Wenas Inkiriwang ditemui di Kantor Kemenhan, Jakarta, Rabu (16/4/2025).(KOMPAS.com/NICHOLAS RYAN ADITYA)
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemenhan) menduga ada upaya mengadu domba dan menimbulkan kegaduhan dengan munculnya isu yang menyebut Pangkalan TNI Angkatan Udara (Lanud) Manuhua di Biak, Papua, bakal dijadikan markas militer Rusia. Kepala Biro Informasi Pertahanan Kemenhan Brigjen TNI Frega Wenas Inkiriwang menilai isu tersebut bisa jadi dimunculkan oleh pihak-pihak yang ingin memecah belah.
"Ketika ada isu-isu polemik dari hal-hal kecil, saya tidak tahu, mungkin ada pihak-pihak yang ingin mengadu domba atau yang ingin memunculkan masalah, akhirnya jadinya timbul kegaduhan," kata Frega, ditemui di Kantor Kemenhan RI, Jakarta, Rabu (16/4/2025).
Menurut Frega, kegaduhan itu pun tidak hanya muncul di dalam ngeri, tetapi juga di luar negeri.
Ia pun menegaskan bahwa kabar yang menyebut Lanud Manuhua akan menjadi pangkalan militer Rusia tidak benar.
Frega menjelaskan, secara prinsip, Indonesia memiliki sikap tegas dalam menjaga kedaulatan dan politik luar negeri yang bebas aktif. Pengalaman sejarah telah menunjukkan bahwa menerima tawaran pangkalan militer dari negara asing justru berisiko mengganggu kepentingan nasional.
"Kita meyakini bahwa dengan menerima peluang tersebut justru akan mungkin kontraproduktif dengan kepentingan nasional Indonesia," katanya.
Frega, turut memastikan bahwa tidak ada pembicaraan apa pun terkait penggunaan pangkalan militer oleh negara asing.
"Saya mencoba merekam kembali dan berkoordinasi dengan yang memang hadir di pertemuan tersebut, meyakinkan, benar enggak saya yang salah, atau mungkin saya lupa. Ternyata memang tidak ada pembicaraan itu," tutur Frega.
Ia pun menegaskan kembali bahwa fokus utama pemerintah saat ini adalah membangun dan mensejahterakan rakyat, bukan membuka ruang bagi polemik geopolitik yang dapat mengganggu stabilitas nasional.
Sebelumnya, dikutip dari Antara, media asing melaporkan bahwa Federasi Rusia meminta kepada pemerintah Indonesia untuk menjadikan Lanud Manuhua di Biak, Papua, sebagai lokasi pangkalan bagi pesawat-pesawat militer Rusia.
Permintaan tersebut disampaikan setelah pertemuan antara Menhan RI dengan Sekretaris Dewan Keamanan Rusia pada Februari 2025, dengan maksud menempatkan pesawat-pesawat jarak jauh milik Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) di Lanud Manuhua, yang berbagi landasan pacu dengan Bandara Frans Kaisiepo.
Kemenhan pun menepis kabar tersebut. "Terkait pemberitaan tentang usulan penggunaan pangkalan Indonesia oleh Rusia, Kemenhan mengklarifikasi bahwa berita tersebut tidak benar," kata Frega kepada Kompas.com melalui pesan singkat, Selasa (15/4/2025).
https://nasional.kompas.com/read/202...usia-di-papua.
Yang mencetuskan dari media militer Amerika terus disebarkan oposisi Australia dan ditanggapi Pemerintah Australia yang khawatir.
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