Strong Bond of Old Friends

With Indonesia assuming the G20 presidency for 2022, Russia is looking to improve the status of relations between the two countries for strategic partnerships.

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Commander of Fleet Command I Rear Admiral TNI Arsyad Abdullah, Russian Ambassador to ASEAN Alexander Ivanov, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Ludmila Vorobieva (from left to right) inspect the joint exercise of the ASEAN-Russia Naval Exercise 2021 in Belawan waters, Wednesday (1/12/2011). 2021).

Diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Russia, formerly the Soviet Union, have lasted more than 70 years. A celebration would have been held last year to commemorate the relationship, had it not been for the pandemic.

Russian Federation Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobieva, in a special interview with Kompas on Wednesday (8/12/2021), said President Vladimir Putin had planned to visit Indonesia last year to commemorate the good diplomatic relations between the two countries.