Australia and Indonesia Agree to Restore Full Military Ties

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Indonesia moved to suspend all military partnerships between the two countries last month, citing technical issues.
Turnbull and Widodo, who is on his first visit to Australia, agreed to enhance maritime cooperation between the countries.
The two leaders announced Indonesia will lower tariffs on Australian sugar to 5 percent, while Australia will eliminate tariffs on pesticides and herbicides coming from Indonesian suppliers.
?We are both committed to concluding a high-quality, bilateral free-trade agreement, the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership, by the end of this year.
? Tariffs to be cut in free-trade deal by end of the yearAustralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian President Joko Widodo agreed to restore full military cooperation at a meeting between the two leaders in Sydney on Sunday.