No shift in non-aligned stance after BRICS entry
Jakarta (ANTARA): Foreign Minister Sugiono has stressed that Indonesia will remain a non-bloc or non-aligned country despite its BRICS membership.
Timor-Leste to become ASEAN’s 11th member by 2025-end
Antara News Agency (Antara) July 7, 2025, Jakarta (ANTARA): Timor-Leste will officially become The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’s (ASEAN) 11th member later this year, according to the indonesian Foreign Ministry’s Director General for ASEAN Cooperation, Sidharto R. Suryodipuro.
Support Thailand’s accession to BRICS: President Prabowo
Jakarta (ANTARA): President Prabowo Subianto expressed his support for Thailand’s bid to join BRICS, a group of emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
Indonesia achieves second-highest G20 growth
Jakarta (Antara): Indonesia recorded year-on-year economic growth of 4.87 percent in the first quarter of 2025, ranking as the second-highest among G20 countries after China, which reported 5.4 percent growth for the same period.
Indonesia to pursue New Development Bank membership
Jakarta (ANTARA): President Prabowo Subianto has announced the Indonesian government’s decision to become a member of the New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral development bank established by the five founding member states of the BRICS group.
Indonesia to pursue OECD membership after officially joining BRICS
Jakarta (ANTARA): Indonesia will continue its bid to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) after formally gaining full membership in BRICS, as announced by President Prabowo Subianto.
Indonesia pursues nuclear power for energy needs, not weapons
Jakarta (ANTARA): Indonesia is pursuing the development of nuclear energy with the sole purpose of supporting energy self-sufficiency, with no intention of using it for weapons, according to a minister.
Indonesia sees relations with China as very close
Jakarta (ANTARA): The Indonesian government sees its relations with China as very close, based on a survey of the Indo-Pacific by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).
Indonesia joins BRICS without compromising foreign policy independence
Jakarta (ANTARA): Indonesia as an independent and sovereign country will determine its own foreign policy and not align with any global bloc, National Economics Council (DEN) chairperson Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan emphasized.
Indonesia promises active contribution as BRICS’ newest full member
Indonesian News Agency (ANTARA) January 8, 2025, Jakarta (ANTARA): Indonesia welcomed its inclusion as a full member of BRICS this month and is committed to actively contributing to the organization’s agenda in the future, according to the Foreign Ministry.
