Spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rolliansyah Soemirat, emphasized that Indonesia has never given permission to any country to have a military base in the country.
The United States military website 'Janes' reported Russia had submitted an official request to place its military aircraft at Manuhua Air Force Base, Biak Numfor, Papua.
"Indonesia has never given permission to any country to build or have a military base in Indonesia," said the spokesman who is familiarly called Roy in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as reported April 17.
"Indonesia as a country that has an active free police tradition will accept and allow aircraft or military ships from other countries on a peaceful mission to visit Indonesia," he continued.
The news of the plan to deploy Russian military aircraft received attention from Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defense Minister Richard Marles asked Indonesia about this news.
The request, stated by the news, was delivered after a meeting between the Indonesian Minister of Defense and the Secretary of the Russian Security Council in February 2025, with the intention of placing Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) long-distance aircraft at Manuhua Air Base, which shares the runway with Frans Kaisiepo Airport.
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Instead of placing Russian military aircraft in Papua, Roy said Indonesia has plans to build a satellite launch site in Biak.
"Talks about it started a few years ago, but it hasn't reached any decision yet," he added.
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