INDONESIA, THAILAND Target $20 Billion in Bilateral Trade by 2030

Posted by Asia Views | Aug 4, 2026 | 0 |

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Indonesia and Thailand have agreed to raise bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2030, unveiling a new strategic partnership roadmap following the first visit by a Thai prime minister to Indonesia in 15 years. President Prabowo Subianto announced the target after meeting Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday.

“Economic cooperation remains the cornerstone of our bilateral relationship. We are confident that the $20 billion trade target by 2030 can be achieved through the implementation of our strategic partnership roadmap,” Prabowo said. The two leaders adopted the Indonesia–Thailand Strategic Partnership Roadmap, which will guide bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors over the next four years. The roadmap builds on agreements reached during the leaders’ meeting on the sidelines of the 2026 ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines, in May and formalizes commitments pursued through the two countries’ Leaders’ Consultation mechanism since 2025. On the economic front, Indonesia and Thailand agreed to expand investment, improve market access, and strengthen partnerships between businesses in both countries. The two governments also agreed to establish a Joint Trade Commission, the first bilateral mechanism of its kind between Indonesia and Thailand, to identify new business opportunities and address trade barriers.

“We also agreed to strengthen cooperation on food security, covering agricultural technology, logistics, food processing, and supply chain resilience,” Prabowo said. The two countries will also promote an Indonesia-Thailand Energy Forum to enhance energy security and accelerate the transition to sustainable energy. In addition, Indonesia and Thailand pledged to deepen cooperation in the digital economy, including wider use of local currency transactions (LCT) to improve the efficiency of trade and investment. Prabowo said the two countries could also leverage their respective strengths in the halal industry to help build regional and global halal value chains. “We agree that Thailand and Indonesia have enormous potential to expand bilateral trade and investment,” he said. Read more at:

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

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