France and Indonesia enhance cultural ties with new partnership agreement during Macron visit

Published connected 29/05/2025 - 13:34 GMT+2•Updated 13:45

France has signed a taste concern with Indonesia, with an accent connected preserving taste practice and the improvement of quality resources.

The caller pact besides includes promotion of taste products specified arsenic films, euphony and textiles and encourages collaboration betwixt taste institutions successful some countries.

"We purpose to heighten taste dialog betwixt the 2 nations, peculiarly by engaging younger generations and modern taste practitioners," said Indonesia's Minister of Culture Fadli Zon.

The Franco-Indonesian relations statement besides covers depository improvement and archival digitisation and serves arsenic "an operational model to instrumentality the taste vision" of some countries' leaders, the civilization ministry said.

Initiatives acceptable to beryllium launched nether the statement see the Indonesia–France Film Lab and the Borobudur Cultural Centre. "Through an inclusive approach, we anticipation to make some taste and economical added worth for our nations," Fadli said.

The woody was signed arsenic French President Emmanuel Macron wrapped up his authorities sojourn to Indonesia, which ended with a circuit of Borobudur Temple, 1 of the world's largest Buddhist monuments, alongside President Prabowo Subianto.

Macron, presently connected a week-long diplomatic circuit of Southeast Asia, arrived successful Indonesia with First Lady Brigitte Macron connected Tuesday evening, the 2nd halt of his circuit aft Vietnam.

On arrival, Macron had lukewarm words for Indonesia’s leader, describing him arsenic a member and "a large person of mine".

Military practice betwixt Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and France has grown successful caller years, starting successful 2019 erstwhile Subianto became defence minister.

Indonesia finalised an bid for 42 French Dassault Rafale combatant jets successful January 2024, with the archetypal transportation expected successful aboriginal 2026.

The Asian federation besides announced the acquisition of 2 French Scorpene Evolved submarines and 13 Thales crushed power interception radars.

Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters aft welcoming Macron that the sojourn was aimed astatine strengthening "defence practice betwixt Indonesia and France."

Macron ends his circuit successful Singapore, wherever he's expected to talk astatine Asia's apical defence conference, the yearly Shangri-La Dialogue.