There is no everlasting friend or enemy. After the release of Timor Leste now Australia is trying to be close with us.

What concerns me is that we just follow what other countries say about us. I hope we can determine our own policy toward other countries.

I hope “Indonesia Raya” is not only a national anthem, but that we can be a great country in reality.

Katong

That’s good! India, China and Indonesia are the three emerging superpowers.

Bob

We are one of the five biggest countries in Asia. Our Constitution rules that our foreign policy should be free but active in solving regional and international problems.

We should be able to filter out foreign culture that contradicts our own, like free sex and homosexuality. We also need to be active in restoring peace and be on the front lines in eliminating any new forms of colonialism, such as economic and cultural forms.

Surachman
Bogor

Indonesia is so vast and rich that we can share whatever we have with a world in need. By so doing we can have an exchange of needs as a manifestation of inter-dependency among nations.

If only ambassadors were given wider scope of coverage in parallel with their ambassadors in the United Nations! Better contact among nations could have been enhanced to prevent hunger and other problems,which otherwise couldn’t have been prevented.

M. Adikoesoemo
Jakarta

As an Indonesian citizen, I am very proud because my country has been considered one of Asia’s powers. The Prime Minister said that her country would encourage more Australians to study Indonesian, which will widen opportunities to teach Indonesian in Australian schools.

I think it will really boost economic, cultural and political ties between the two countries.

But it’s ironic that while English-speaking countries like Australia are learning Indonesian, our government is scrapping English in elementary schools.

Fitri Nurjanah

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