Darmawan Suparno

Minister Counsellor

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

4 February 2015, Moscow

Geopolitical Map

INDONESIA

Most ethnically diverse

nations in the world

Home of a quarter

billion people

Profess the

world’s 5 major

religions

Living across 17,000 islands

Member of East

Asia Summit

INDONESIA IN THE GEO-POLITICS, ECONOMY AND SOCIO-CULTURAL

PERSPECTIVES

Member of

G20, OKI,

WTO

Actively involve in

APEC, ASEAN,

ARF, ASEM

Host of APEC

2013

The biggest Moslem

population

GDP (current US$)

878.0 billion 2013

The biggest

archipelagic country,

4th biggest

population,

Economic growth 2013:

5.78%

third largest democracy

Scholarships to study in Indonesia :

Darmasiswa Scholarships and BSBI Scholarships, Ministry of Religion Affairs Scholarships

Scholarship to study in Russia:

Russian Federation government gives scholarship each year to Indonesian students

270 Indonesian students in Russia (data in 2015)

MOU Indonesia-Russia in Education:

2009-2014, MOU signed between 20

Universities in Indonesia and Russia

Draft MOU in Education between

Indonesia and Russia has recently being

discussed by Ministry of Information and

Communication of Russia Federation and

Ministry of Information and

Communication Republic Indonesia

Public lecture in Several Universities in Russia (MGIMO, ISAA, SPBGU, RUDN, MGU)

Several universites in Russia have Indonesian language program (ISAA, SPBGU, Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow/Ivran)

Embassy of Indonesia has offered free Indonesian Course (twice a week) for Russian citizens and public