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Russian group arrives for Indonesian immersion program

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, July 10, 2017

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Russian group arrives for Indonesian immersion program The group, consisting of teachers, students and activists from Moscow, will be visiting several locations and staying at homestays during the program, which aims to develop closer ties between the two nations. (Shutterstock/File)

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wenty-eight Russian nationals have arrived in Jakarta on an Indonesian language and culture immersion program until the end of July.

The group, consisting of teachers, students and activists from Moscow, will be attending a Bahasa Indonesia enhancement event at the Linguistics Strategy and Diplomacy Development Center in Sentul, Bogor, West Java, from July 10-21, followed by visits to several regions in Indonesia.

According to Antara news agency, the group will proceed to the city of Kendari in South Sulawesi, where they will establish cooperation with local universities from July 21-25, and then will be in Palu in Central Sulawesi from July 25-27 to host interactive events with students and teachers.

The team will be staying at homestays during their visits to Palu and Kendari in order to better learn about the local culture, Antara reported.

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The visit was initiated by the Indonesian Embassy in Moscow, the Indonesian School of Moscow and the Language Coaching Development Agency, as well as the Culture and Education Ministry, in a bid to promote the Indonesian language and culture in Russia.

In a recent meet and greet event held with the team at the ambassador's residence in Moscow, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia and Republic of Belarus Wahid Supriyadi expressed his appreciation for the group's interest in learning Bahasa Indonesia, although none of them had ever visited Indonesia before.

He also remarked that such cultural diplomacy events could be developed further in order to bring people of the two countries closer.

Supriyadi added, “I believe that you will be happy to live for a month in Indonesia. Russians need to wait for eight months to enjoy the summer, but it is summer the whole year around in Indonesia, so you can sit in a café every day.” (mas/kes)

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