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Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina look to boosting political, economic ties
After 30 years of building bilateral relations and areas of mutual support, Indonesia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed an MoU to "deepen" the countries' ties with potential cooperation in trade, investment and tourism.
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Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi (right) and Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Affairs Minister Bisera Turković pose for reporters after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations between the two countries on June 10, 2022 at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, as seen in this screengrab of the livestreamed event from MoFA Indonesia YouTube channel. (JP/MoFA Indonesia/extracted from YouTube on June 11, 2022)
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span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Indonesia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have pledged to further the two countries’ people-to-people and economic ties by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) while also planning to revitalize the Indonesia-Bosnia and Herzegovina Bilateral Interfaith Dialogue.
Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi said that she and her counterpart Bisera Turković had signed the MoU on Political Consultations between Indonesia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during Turković’s visit to Jakarta on Friday.
“And I am sure, this MoU will serve as a strong foundation to deepen our bilateral relations,” she said during a joint press conference following the signing ceremony.
“To implement this MoU, we both agreed to task our senior officials to outline a practical and concrete roadmap, covering all pillars of cooperation.”
She told reporters that the two countries had developed closer bilateral relations over the past three decades, noting that Indonesia and Bosnia and Herzegovina “shared values of democracy and pluralism as well as aspiration as fellow founding countries of the Non-Alignment Movement in 1961”.
May marked 30 years since Indonesia’s recognition of Bosnia and Herzegovina as an independent and sovereign state, following the 1992 breakup of Yugoslavia.
Retno said that she and Turković exchanged their views on the various challenges multicultural societies faced, as well as on the importance of promoting mutual tolerance and respect.
