Infrastructure cooperation between Indonesia and Australia extended until June 2026


Edi Prio Pambud, the official from the Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and Australian Deputy Secretary for South-East Asia and Global Partners Group Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Michelle Chan, signed the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development (Prospera) Exchange of Letters in Jakarta. - Image from Antara

JAKARTA (Bernama-ANTARA): The effective period of the Indonesia-Australia Cooperation in Infrastructure (KIAT) Programme has been extended to June of 2026, Indonesian Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono stated.

"We have agreed to extend the effective period of the KIAT Program to June 2026. Under this program, we have been focusing on cooperation in the water and sanitation sectors, transportation, and infrastructure funding," he noted in a statement received from his office here on Thursday.

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