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The first story for today’s Diplomatic Corner is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To establish cooperation among universities, delegation of FISIP UNAIR Surabaya visits Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is one of African countries which succeeds well to increase economic growth to keep political stability and to strengthen development of human resources. Thus, Politic and Social Knowledge Faculty of Airlangga University chose Ethiopia as the main destination in Africa to extend study and research in the field of politic, economic, social affairs, and African culture. This was stated by Dr. Falih Suaedi, Dean of the faculty when being received by Indonesian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Djibouti and African Union, Al Busyra Basnur at the Indonesian Embassy in Addis Ababa on Monday (7/10). Falih during in Ethiopia from October 1 – 7, 2019 said that the visit in Ethiopia was also aimed to establish partnership among colleges and to expand networks in strengthening Indonesian and Ethiopian relations.  

Next information is from Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Provincial government of South Sulawesi explores cooperation with University of Tasmania.

Provincial government of South Sulawesi is ready to establish cooperation with University of Tasmania, Australia through The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) in the form of research to maximize management of marine and fisheries resources of South Sulawesi. IMAS is known as institute which is successful to conduct research and development of maritime resources in Australia. This was stated by Governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah in a press release in Makassar on Thursday (9/10). Meanwhile, Executive Director of IMAS, Terry Bailey admitted being ready to cooperate with provincial government of South Sulawesi in researching and studying for development resources which exist in the province.  

The last information is from Washington D.C.

Diplomatic celebration in commemorating the 74th anniversary of Indonesian military which was held by Indonesian embassy in Washington, DC, USA on Tuesday (8/10) strengthened the solid bilateral relations between Indonesia and the United States of America, especially in the field of military cooperation. Indonesia is a country which is complex but dynamic. This was stated by Indonesian Ambassador to the USA,  Mahendra Siregar in his speech. The Ambassador also said that currently, it is a moment of the best relations of the two countries in the military-to-military or defense-to-defense cooperation and has potential to keep being increased in the next future.