In the midst of my political knowledge, I have been studying Slovak Republic as the new emergence country in the European Union, who is still struggling for its political identity after-separation and of course with Visegard countries, Slovak Republic always strengthen bilateral cooperation. I believe that in the future there are more good opportunities for Indonesians coming to Slovakia and Slovakians to Indonesia.
Austria-Indonesia
In the eyes of Indonesians, Austria is a modern country in the heart of Europe. In the history of Europe, Austria was a military base of the actual kingdom at that time. It is important for Indonesians to visit Austria during their trip or study in Europe because Austria gives the meaning of victory in wars. Austria-Indonesia so far so good. We love each other.
Czech-Indonesia
Czech-Indonesia has some unique relationship. Due to the era of Banning-Communism in Indonesia in 1960s, many Indonesian communists came to Czech, which at that time was still a communist country. That part of Communism history becames a glue of diplomacy until nowadays. If historians want to know how Indonesian communits survived during that dark era, they might be find it and explore it in Czech.
France-Indonesia
Paulo Coelho newest novel, Matahari, I think speak so much about a French spy, Matahari. In Indonesian language, Matahari means Sun = Le Soleil. Based on Indonesian history, Matahari had some missions in Medan, a province in Western part of Indonesia (if we want to trace what is the first French diplomatic mission in Indonesia). Besides of that, there are already some books talking about France-Indonesia relationship, including Napoléon Code that is still applied in Indonesia until now, because Indonesia applied Dutch Law and Dutch Law applied Napoléon Code.Â
France can not be separated in Indonesia’s diplomacy. The number of Indonesians studying and working in France getting more higher than before, French investing more bigger, and also Indonesian diplomacy about climate change conference in Paris 2015, broadly respected by French ministries.
Germany-Indonesia
If I have time, I come to Goethe Institut Jakarta with my friends to watch German movies. What I can say about Germany-Indonesia political and economy relationship remains stabil. Germany over DAAD scholarships for Indonesians who study technic. In the eyes of Indonesians, studying to Germany means studying technic. While I was in Berlin, this kind of perception stakes at good point. Berlin is really highly class city of technical things, really modern in transportation, but also leaves some touch of high art.
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