India honoured to host Indonesia's President Prabowo as Republic Day Chief Guest: PM Modi

Welcoming the President of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on January 25, 2025 remarked that various aspects of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership were discussed. He highlighted that Indonesia was at the core of India’s Act East Policy and India welcomes Indonesia’s BRICS membership.

In a thread post on X, Modi wrote: "India is honoured to welcome President Prabowo Subianto. When we marked our first Republic Day, Indonesia was the guest nation and now, when we are marking 75 years of India being a Republic, President Subianto will be attending the celebrations. We discussed various aspects of the India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. @prabowo”

"We discussed ways to deepen India-Indonesia relations in areas such as security, defence manufacturing, trade, FinTech, AI and more. Sectors like food security, energy and disaster management are also areas where we look forward to working closely.”


"India and Indonesia are closely cooperating in various multilateral platforms as well. Indonesia is at the core of our Act East Policy and we welcome Indonesia’s BRICS membership.”