International Cooperation Is The Form Of Indonesia's Free And Active Politics

JAKARTA - As an independent and sovereign country, Indonesia as a member of the United Nations (UN) has the aspiration to participate in implementing world order based on independence, eternal peace and social justice as stated in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution.

To achieve this, Indonesia has rules or a foundation for foreign relations which are stated in Article 37 of 1999 concerning Foreign Relations. In Article 1 paragraph 2, it is stated that foreign policy is the policies, attitudes and steps of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia which are taken in making relations with other countries, international organizations and other international legal subjects in the context of facing international problems in order to achieve national goals.

As an implementation, Indonesia also implements a free and active foreign policy. Free means not taking sides with certain forces that are incompatible with Pancasila. While active, it means that Indonesia's foreign policy is active in realizing world order based on independence, eternal peace and social justice

To make this happen, seen from the kemlu.go.id page, Indonesia is also actively involved in foreign relations, both in the scope of bilateral, regional, multilateral, international organizations, special issues to economic diplomacy. Here's the explanation.

For now, Indonesia has established bilateral cooperation with 162 countries as well as one special territory in the form of non-cell governing territory. Indonesia's cooperation partner countries are divided into eight regions, Africa, Middle East, East Asia and the Pacific, South and Central Asia, North and Central America, South America and the Caribbean, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe.

Apart from ASEAN, Indonesia is also listed as participating in a number of regional cooperation organizations. Such as the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Pacific Island Forum (PIF), Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI-CFF), South West Pacific Dialogue (SwPD), FEALAC, Brunei- Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Indonesia-Asia Cooperation Dialogue, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) to the New Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership (NAASP).

For multilateral cooperation, Indonesia is listed as a member of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), G-15, G-20, United Nations (UN), World Trade Organization (WTO), World Tourism Organization (UN-WTO), Colombo Plan, Non-Aligned Movement, Developing Eight (D-8) to G-77 and China.

In accordance with the mandate of the 1945 Constitution, Law No.37 of 1999, Law No.17 of 2017 and Presidential Decree No. 64 of 199, Indonesia is currently registered as a member of 240 International Organizations (OI). It is run by an intergovernmental organization with a focus on the last 5 years on 4 priority programs namely; Protecting the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, Protection of Indonesian Citizens, Intensification of Economic Diplomacy, and Increasing Roles on the Regional and International Stage. Starting from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI), the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) to the International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO) -Interpol.

Indonesia is currently active on a number of special issues internationally. Apart from the Palestinian issue, there are issues of Kosovo, handling marine plastic waste, the South China Sea, Countering Terrorism, Conventional Weapons Issues, Disarmament and Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, to Climate Change.

Economic diplolation is carried out to support the achievement of the Government's vision and mission in the economic field, which is a priority for Indonesian diplomacy. One of the pillars that supports the independence of the national economy and contributes as much as possible to the welfare of the people.