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Jakarta (voinews) - The Dutch Embassy in Indonesia organized a reception of the King’s Day at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. The Dutch Ambassador Lambert Grijns invited a variety of guest such as Indonesian government officials, companies, NGO’s, journalists and the Dutch community to join this event. In his welcome speech, Ambassador Lambert Grijns said that Indonesia and the Netherlands are strong partners. He said the Netherlands is one of the largest European investors and trade partners to Indonesia and ASEAN.

“We are strong partners, we are one of the largest European investors and trade partners to Indonesia and to ASEAN, and we are the destination of more than 3000 students from ASEAN every year. We hope that Indonesia can be the Netherlands’ gateway to ASEAN, to help us elevate our friendship with ASEAN to an even stronger partnership,” said Ambassador Lambert.

The Dutch Ambassador Lambert Grijns also said in health sector, the Netherlands and Indonesia have a very close relationship. It is reflected for instance in another Dutch trade mission on health later this month to Jakarta and Surabaya, with quite a few Dutch companies very eager to invest in Indonesia.

The King's Day was actually celebrated every 27 April. In the Netherlands, this day is a public holiday. This year the date coincides with the Eid holiday in Indonesia, therefore King’s Day was celebrated on 3 May 2023. In addition, the celebrations also take place in Medan and Surabaya on May 5th and Bali on May 8^th together with the Dutch honorary consulates. (VOI/AHM)

 Penny Williams PSM (Australian Ambassador to Indonesia) and Alex Ellinghausen at Photo Exhibition "Bangkit dari Pandemi" (DOK VOI) 

VOI News (Jakarta) - The Jakarta Library Taman Ismail Marzuki in Cikini, Jakarta is hosting an exhibition featuring the work of prominent Australian journalist, Alex Ellinghausen and other Indonesian photojournalists till the 5^th of February in a collaboration between the Australian Embassy and Pewarta Foto Indonesia.

The exhibition is entitled ‘Bangkit dari Pandemi’ (Rising from the Pandemic). It showcases a number of Ellinghausen’s pieces from recent years, including from his visit to the Quad Leaders Summit in Tokyo and the 2019 Australian bushfires.

"I am very pleased to invite Alex to Jakarta to exchange experiences and knowledge with photojournalists in Indonesia," said Penny Williams PSM, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, during the opening.

Ellinghausen will be hosting a number of workshops over the week for budding photojournalists around Jakarta.

“I’m here for the week to have a chat with university students, tell them a little bit about what I do” he said.

Ellinghausen will also be meeting with numerous Indonesian photographers who he has previously worked with during International Summits.

“I get to listen and learn from them,” he said. “They are telling me their experiences [and] their stories; there a lot of similarities in what we do and that process of sharing knowledge with each other has been a really valuable process for me.”

Ambassador Penny Williams is passionate about this collaboration, especially after two tumultuous years of lockdowns that have prevented photo exhibitions.

"This exhibition not only shows the great creative talent of the two countries, but also raises the value of professional collaboration between creative groups in Australia and Indonesia." she said.

The exhibition is opened from 31^st January till 5^th February. (VOI/Luca Pearce)

(VOI News) Jakarta - India and Indonesia, the close Maritime neighbors, which enjoy comprehensive strategic partnership draw their source of friendship from the shared linkages of trade, culture, language and art of over 2,000 years. In current times, these bonds have further, strengthened in political and geopolitical context, and the field of economy, defense, and Science. This was conveyed by the Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Manoj Kumar Bharti at the commemoration of India's 74th Republic Day in Jakarta, Thursday evening. In the field of trade, Ambassador Manoj Kumar said the total bilateral trade between the two countries in 2022 reached 30.37 Billion US Dollars.

“India and Indonesia signed a trade deal worth Rupees 1 billion on the sidelines of a trade investment and Industry ministerial meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, which has reaffirmed the commitment of both countries to reach trade, bilateral trade of US Dollars 50 billion in the very near future. I am happy to share that Expo November 2022, the total bilateral trade between both countries have reached US Dollars thirty point three seven billion in the first 11 months as for the Indonesian Statistical Department statistics which shows a nearly 60 percent growth in bilateral trade over the same period in 2021,” Manoj said.

In his remarks, Ambassador Manoj Kumar said the year 2022 has been quite momentous for Indonesia and India. In November during the G20 Leaders Summit in Bali, Indonesian President Joko Widodo passed the presidency to Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. He further said India has offered to Indonesia to host the next major conference of No Money For Terror or NMFT in Jakarta. The third NMFT was held in New Delhi in November 2022 and discussed various aspects of terrorism financing, emerging Technologies and international cooperation to address challenges in combating Terror financing with 88 countries. //// (VOI/AHM)

Jakarta (VOI News) - This year, on December 30, 2020, Indonesia and Vietnam will celebrate their 65th year of diplomatic relations. So far, relations between the two countries have been well established. Since 2013 the two countries have established Strategic Partnerships with in-depth cooperation in all fields, including political and diplomatic dialogue, defense and security cooperation, economic cooperation, as well as tourism promotion, cultural exchanges, and people-to-people contact.

To commemorate the 65th diplomatic relations, the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta held an online media luncheon on Tuesday (22/12). This was one of a series of activities carried out by the Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta to celebrate 65 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his remarks, Vietnam Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang said that in response to the global COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam and Indonesia in various fora, both in ASEAN and at the United Nations (UN), have participated in seeking cooperation to prevent and combat the pandemic.

“Vietnam as a chair of ASEAN, we have already had a statement, ASEAN statement, in March 2020. And after that, we have a serious plan of action. ASEAN to have the fund and later this year, you can follow the result of the Summit of ASEAN. Also in the international fora like the United Nations, Vietnam will also compose the United Nations resolution to combat COVID-19. So we together with Indonesia and other large countries will adopt this matter,” said Ambassador Quang.

In his remarks, Ambassador Pham Vinh Quang said that his country has an interest in working together with Indonesia in developing the COVID-19 vaccine. (VOI / AHM)