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Context: India and Indonesia celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties, forged by the Treaty of Friendship in 1951.
Both nations were part of the Bandung Conference in 1955, leading to the Non-Aligned Movement. They established a Strategic Partnership in 2005, later elevating it to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Indonesia is a key partner in India’s Act East Policy. Trade-wise, Indonesia is India’s largest ASEAN trade partner and a significant source of crude palm oil. Joint military exercises like Samudra Shakti and IND-INDO CORPAT enhance security cooperation.
Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, spanning over 17,000 islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. With a land area of 1,904,569 square kilometres and a population of over 279 million, it’s the 14th-largest country by area and the fourth-most populous globally, with Java being the most populous island.
