A historic milestone in the Indonesia–European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU CEPA) negotiations was marked by the signing and exchange of letters between the Government of Indonesia and the European Commission. This exchange represents a high-level political agreement to accelerate the finalization of the IEU CEPA negotiations. The letters were exchanged between Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and the European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič.

As part of the President’s official state visit to Belgium, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto accompanied the President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto in a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at the European Union Headquarters in Brussels on Sunday, 13 July 2025.

Realizing the achievement of the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045, the Government has massively taken various strategic steps by strengthening Indonesia's role in the international arena, one of which is through accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The OECD accession process will facilitate efforts to fine-tune strategies, policies, and regulations needed to encourage structural transformation and the achievement the Golden Indonesia 2045.

The Indonesian and Australian governments continue to strengthen cooperation in the energy transition sector on the Kemitraan untuk Iklim, Energi Terbarukan dan Infrastruktur (KINETIK) program through the signing of the Exchange of Letters for the Indonesia Australia Partnership Program for the Economy (Prospera). The KINETIK program is an outcome of the Australia-Indonesia Climate and Infrastructure Partnership (CIP) agreement announced by the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese at the Indonesia-Australia Annual Leaders Meeting in 2022.

Policies related to cross-border data flows are very important for the global economy and to achieve the targets of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. At the Organization for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD) Ministerial Level Meeting (PTM) held in Paris, France on 2 and 3 May 2024, OECD ministers met to discuss the importance of international data governance policies in the digital economy and the role it should play OECD plays to overcome barriers to the free flow of data.

In a significant display of economic camaraderie, Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and the Foreign Minister of Japan Yoko Kamikawa convened for a pivotal bilateral meeting during the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) 2024 in Paris on May 2nd 2024.