Indonesia has agreed to strengthen defence industry cooperation with France following a meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed procurement of defence equipment and broader strategic cooperation, including energy transition and renewable energy development. The agreement comes as part of an intensive diplomatic tour by Prabowo, who also met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and formalised a major defence partnership with the United States, reflecting Jakarta's bid to modernise its military and secure energy resources while maintaining its traditional non-aligned foreign policy posture.