Bilateral relations
- Indonesia and Uzbekistan
- Indonesia and Kazakhstan
- Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan
- Indonesia and Tajikistan
Indonesia and Uzbekistan
Indonesia and Uzbekistan have established the cordial relationship since Uzbekistan was under the Soviet Union Administration. On 28 December 1991, Indonesia acknowledged the Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan declared on 31 August 1991 and support the accession of Uzbekistan to be the member of the United Nations.
The increase of both states relations can be notified by reciprocal visit of leaders and officials, since the signing of the Joint Communiqué of the Opening of Diplomatic Relations between Indonesia-Uzbekistan and Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of Uzbekistan on 23 June 1992 and the opening of Indonesian Embassy in Tashkent on 19 May 1994, accredited also to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (Uzbekistan opened its embassy in Jakarta in July 1996). The President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov paid a state visit to Indonesia on June 22-23, 1992 and the President of the Republic of Indonesia Soeharto conducted a state visit to Uzbekistan on 8 – 10 April 1995. The cooperation of the two countries also well performed in the multilateral forum such as the UN and NAM. Uzbekistan supported the candidacy of Indonesia in international bodies and in reverse Indonesia support Uzbekistan’s position in many international organizations particularly on the UN Resolution concerning human rights situation. Both Government have agreed to establish the Committee on Bilateral Consultation which conducted the first Meeting in Tashkent (7 – 9 December 2005), followed by the second meeting in Bandar Lampung (28 – 29 September 2006), third meeting in Tashkent (29 June 2007), and fourth meeting in Medan (March 2008). Both governments also have agreed to advance the level of the meeting by conducting the First Meeting of Joint Commission in Jakarta on 11 – 13 February 2009.To promote fruitful relations, both governments have negotiated several agreements and Memorandums of Understanding that will be signed in the future, such as:
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Agreement on the Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Terrorism, Transnational Organized Crime and Other Types of Crime;
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MOU on Establishment of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Technical, and Investment Cooperation;
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Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters;
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MOU between Agencies for Standardization, Metrology and Certification;
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Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance on the Observance of the Tax Legislation;
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Cooperation Agreement on Information and Communication Technology;
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MOU on Energy Cooperation;
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MOU on Sister City between Banda Aceh and Samarqand.
To promote culture, Indonesia has conducted a series of promotion activities in Uzbekistan through cultural nights, film shows, establishing center for Indonesian language in the university (Tashkent and Samarqand) and dance training in Samarqand.Every year Indonesia also offers several educations for study Indonesia language and technical training under the scheme of Darmasiswa of the Indonesia Ministry of Education, and South-South Cooperation and Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries.
