Donna McGettigan
Ceist:203. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagements between her Department and the government of Indonesia in 2025, and to-date in 2026. [68655/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 29 September 2026
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Ireland’s relationship with the Republic of Indonesia is longstanding, constructive, and continues to develop positively. Diplomatic relations were formally established in 1984 and were further reinforced by the opening of Ireland’s Embassy in Jakarta in 2014. The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in London is accredited to Ireland and my Department is in regular contact with its officials. In recent years, our relations with the Republic of Indonesia have been further advanced through the implementation of my Department’s Asia Pacific Strategy.
Ireland regularly engages with Indonesia both bilaterally and in multilateral fora. Our relationship has a strong foundation in our shared values, strong people-to-people links, cultural exchange, and our growing trade and investment ties.
A Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Ireland on the establishment of a bilateral consultation mechanism was signed in 2024 by my predecessor as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin T.D. and his Indonesian counterpart, when they met in New York at the UN General Assembly. Ireland hosted the second round of bilateral consultations in Dublin on 25 June 2026, at Director General level.
Ireland's Ambassador and Embassy team in Jakarta interact regularly with Indonesian officials and Ministers, on the full range of Ireland's interests. Earlier this month the Embassy held a strategic dialogue on trade and investment with Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs which culminated in the signing of a letter of intent to expand our business and trade cooperation. Ireland’s Embassy in Jakarta also provides ongoing support to the newly-established Irish Chamber of Commerce-Indonesia, which is already contributing postively for Ireland-Indonesia economic relations.
Cooperation between Ireland and Indonesia is enhanced by the cooperation between our respective regional organisations, the EU and ASEAN. The most recent EU-ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Brunei in April this year agreed a Joint Ministerial Statement which addresses the full range of issues facing both regions, including trade, preserving the rules-based international order and upholding multilateralism, energy security and climate change, digitalisation and maritime security.
My Department remains firmly committed to building on the strong foundations of Ireland’s partnership with the Republic of Indonesia and to further enhancing and deepening bilateral cooperation in the years ahead.