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presenting  information about Indonesian diplomatic activities, both at home and abroad.

The first information is from Frankfurt, Germany.International Meeting Exhibition (IMEX) 2018 was held at the Messe, Frankfurt on May 15-17 2018. It  was one of the biggest MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) in  the  world. Indonesia’s participation, under the coordination of the Ministry of Tourism presented 12 partner companies booths at the Indonesian Pavilion which are engaged in hotel sector, accommodation, resort, convention center / venue, and destination management cooperation. Consul General of Indonesia in Frankfurt Franciscus De Salles Toferry Primanda Soetikno saidIndonesia's participation in IMEX is  also contributing  to realize the target of 20 million foreign tourists visit in 2019. According to him, Germany is an important market for the promotion of Indonesian tourism.

The next information is from Paris, France. International Film Festival was held again in Cannes, France. In the   71^st Festival International Du Film De Cannes, an Australian actress, Cate Blanchett was chosen as the main judge of this festival. The festival, held from May 8-19 2018, opened with a  psychological thriller movie made by Asghar Farhadi entitled Everybody Knows. The movie became the second Spanish-language movie to open the Cannes Film Festival, after the Bad Education made by Pedro Almodóvar opened the festival in 2004 ago.

Although this year there were no Indonesian films screened,there were several Indonesian film producers came tobuild relationships and seek cooperation opportunities.Indonesian Consulate General in  Marseille Asianto Sinambelaspecifically welcomed and met Indonesian film producers who came to the festivalto discuss how important the participation of Indonesian films in the event.Consulate General Asianto also invited Indonesian film producers to cooperate with film producers in France, especially Southern France.With the cooperation,the film producers can offer the beauty of Indonesian panorama as a setting for making film and marketing films made by Indonesians  to be aired in France.

The last information is from Stockholm, Sweden. In order to promote Indonesian coffee and batik in Sweden,the Indonesian Embassy in Stockholm held an event themed "The Colors of Indonesia" at the Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm (14/5). This coffee and batik promotion event featured three activities, namely specialty coffee presentation, batik workshop, and batik fashion show.

Batik Workshop presented cultural heritage of Indonesia whichhas been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.According to Indonesian Ambassador to Sweden Bagas Hapsoro, the coffee and batik promotion themed “The Colors of Indonesia”is the first initiative held in Sweden. He hoped Indonesia's export of coffee and textile products to Sweden increased and Indonesian tourism promoted .

Besides Stockholm, the promotion was  held in Riga City, Latvia on May 17 2018.