Darussalam University of Gontor (UNIDA) wants to develop cooperation with Muslim Institution and college of Russia. In the visit to Russia on September24-29, 2018, the UNIDA conducted a meeting and explored cooperation with 2 famous universities in Russia: St. Petersburg State University and National Research University Higher School of Economics. UNIDA Rector, Prof. Amal Fathullah Zarkasyi said that his visit to Russia was aimed to establish and to develop networking with colleges in Russia. He views that Russian colleges are welcome to cooperate with UNIDA. His side is optimistic to more intensively establish communication with Russia.
Indonesian embassy of Copenhagen held promotion of Indonesian culinary and culture at Culture Festival Gentofte Night cooperating with Gentofte municipality of Copenhagen. Function of Social Information, Culture of the Indonesian embassy of Copenhagen, Ismail N. Pulungan said on Saturday (29/9) that local people enthusiastically enjoyed Indonesian culture and culinary at the event which entered in annual calendar event of the local government. The event was supported by Indonesian people and Diaspora in Denmark. Indonesian Ambassador to Denmark kingdom, Muhammad Ibnu Said conveyed that the event is the second participation of Indonesia in Festival Gentofte Night which previously held in 2017 successfully. Ambassador Ibnu Said invited local people to try to play traditional instruments: Angklung and Gamelan of Indonesia. A number of Indonesian typical foods were sold, such as Nasi Padang, satay, various kinds of Indonesian typical foods and herbal beverages. The visitors were invited to dance Indonesian dance such as Poco-Poco, Gemu Famire, and Tobelo.
Indonesia makes efforts to increase cooperation in investment and trade with China by holding Indonesia-China Business Forum on Investment and Trade 2018. Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun said that so far, Indonesia and China have had very big investment and trade potential. However, the potential is still constrained by various aspects; one of them is the lack of information on regulation related to investment and trade in each country. To handle the obstacles, the Indonesian embassy in Beijing cooperated with stakeholders to hold Indonesia-China Business Forum on Investment and Trade 2018 on September 26, 2018 with the theme ‘Doing Business with Wonderful Indonesia’. Ambassador Djauhari Oratmangun in press release on Sunday (30/9) said that the business forum is expected to be able to accelerate business world in conducting concrete cooperation between the two countries. The Ambassador also mentioned that the business forum was attended by around 200 entrepreneurs either from Indonesia or China.