The exercise will be in September and will not include any combat operations training.

Violence in junta-ruled Myanmar dominated the three-day meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on the Indonesian island of Flores.

The president called on the 10-member body to chart a way forward to de-escalate spiraling violence in Myanmar since a coup two years ago, which triggered wave of dissent and a bloody crackdown by the military.

Lured by social media posts promising well-paid jobs in countries like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, thousands of people have become trapped in cyber scam operations.

Asean has led diplomatic attempts to resolve the festering crisis, but its efforts so far have failed to stem the bloodshed unleashed by a military coup in 2021.

Myanmar has been trapped in a spiral of violence and economic turmoil since the military overthrew an elected government in 2021 and launched a brutal campaign to crush dissent.

Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, did not provide details of the incident but said it would not deter efforts by Indonesia and Asean to push for peace in Myanmar.

The move comes amid frustration within Asean at Myanmar's State Administrative Council, over its failure to implement a peace 'consensus' that its top general agreed to with the bloc two years ago.

The resumption of bilateral financial discussions comes ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's planned visit to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Myanmar was plunged into conflict and economic chaos after its military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering an armed resistance that it has sought to violently crush.

Myanmar has been in chaos since a military coup in early 2021 that upended a decade of tentative democratic reform, with a bloody crackdown on protests giving rise to an armed struggle against the junta.

The agreement was among several memorandums of understanding signed by the two countries, including Singapore sharing knowledge that could support the development of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara.