BANYUWANGI (Reuters) - Members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) arrived on Sunday with their warship docking at Banyuwangi in East Java, Indonesia for a joint military exercise, which will involve 2,000 personnel from both countries.

The Keris Woomera Exercise is the largest combined joint activities by the two countries' military under the Australia-Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement.

"What we aim to do is simply increase cooperation with our neighbours, to increase our prosperity and security to share cooperation with our neighbours." Commander of the Australian Amphibious Task Force Captain Chris Doherty told reporters.