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Ambassador to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations (UN) in New York, H.E. Dian Triansyah Djani and the Ambassador of Barbados to the United Nations, H.E. H. Elizabeth Thompson, has signed Joint Communique (JC) for the Opening of Diplomatic Relations between Indonesia and Barbados at the UN headquarters in New York, United States (19/6).

The opening of diplomatic relations is a shared desire between the two countries to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of politics, economics, culture and education. This decision is in accordance with the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and based on the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and International Law namely equality between countries, national sovereignty, interdependence, territorial integrity, and non-intervention in internal affairs of other countries.

Indonesia hopes that the momentum of the opening of diplomatic relations with Barbados can encourage increased trade, investment and tourism between the two countries.

Barbados is an island country located in the Caribbean region and according to the World Bank are CARICOM members classified as high income countries in 2017 with per capita income of USD 16,788. (kemenlu)