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 business pinch Indonesia, pinch an accent connected preserving taste practice and nan 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 speech betwixt nan 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 nan taste vision" of some countries' leaders, nan civilization ministry said.

Initiatives group to beryllium launched nether nan statement see nan Indonesia–France Film Lab and nan Borobudur Cultural Centre. "Through an inclusive approach, we dream 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 pinch a circuit of Borobudur Temple, 1 of nan world's largest Buddhist monuments, alongside President Prabowo Subianto.

Macron, presently connected a week-long negotiated circuit of Southeast Asia, arrived successful Indonesia pinch First Lady Brigitte Macron connected Tuesday evening, nan 2nd extremity of his circuit aft Vietnam.

On arrival, Macron had lukewarm words for Indonesia’s leader, describing him arsenic a relative and "a awesome friend 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, pinch nan first transportation expected successful early 2026.

The Asian federation besides announced nan 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 nan sojourn was aimed astatine strengthening "defence practice betwixt Indonesia and France."

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