inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. Australian Prime Minister (PM) Anthony Albanese praised the free nutritious meals (MBG) program which is currently one of the priority programs of President Prabowo Subianto's government.

Albanese believes that President Prabowo's MBG program is an effort to build a nation that can improve people's standard of living.

"The growth and transformation achieved by Indonesia is the result of the hard work and aspirations of the Indonesian people, starting from development programs that can improve people's standard of living such as free nutritious meals, which is the President's (Prabowo) initiative," said PM Albanese when giving a joint statement with President Prabowo at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (5/15/2025).

PM Albanese, in the same statement, said that Indonesia has a central role in realizing stability, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, considering that Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. Albanese continued that the Indo-Pacific is currently the fastest growing region.

Albanese is also optimistic that the work currently being done by the Indonesian Government can help Indonesia become the country with the fifth largest economy in the world by the end of 2035.

Therefore, Albanese is committed to continuing the strong relationship between Australia and Indonesia in various sectors, including the economy and trade.

"For Australia, strengthening trade relations with Indonesia, and increasing investment in Indonesia is a natural, and important, and inevitable thing," said PM Albanese.

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