Bilateral Relations with the Republic of Indonesia

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Indonesia were established on June 18, 1993.

August 22, 2011 – Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of Indonesia started operations. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Indonesia since September 2017 – H.E. Mr. Valery Kolesnik (In August 2011 – July 2017 – H.E. Mr. Vladimir Lopato-Zagorsky). 

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Russian Federation (accredited to the Republic of Belarus) – Mr. Jose Antonio Morato Tavares. 

August 3, 2015 – Mr. Darmawan Utomo, President Director of the company PT. Utomodeck Metalworks, officially became the honorary consul of the Republic of Belarus in the city of Surabaya (East Java province, Indonesia).

Visits and meetings

May 2000 — visit to Indonesia of a Belarusian governmental delegation headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Zametalin.

April 4, 2009 — meeting of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Semashko with the Minister of Trade of Indonesia Mrs. Mari Elka Pangestu in Tripoli (Libya).

November 11, 2009 — visit of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Aleinik to Jakarta to attend the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Indonesian Joint Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. 

May 2010 — the First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Semashko took part in the Summit of the “Group of 15” in Tehran and met with the Minister of Industry of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Mohammad Suleman Hidayat.

June 19–23, 2010 — visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Aleinik with a business delegation to Indonesia. 

September 16–18, 2010 — visit by the Minister of Trade of Indonesia 

Mrs. Mari Elka Pangestu to Belarus. On the margins of the visit Belarus-Indonesia business forum was conducted.

May 24–27, 2011 — visit by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Aleinik to Indonesia for a Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial meeting.

September 14–15, 2011 — visit of the Director General for America and Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Mrs. Retno Marsudi to Minsk to take part in the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Indonesian Joint Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation.

September 6, 2011 — meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Martynov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa in Belgrade.

September 27, 2011 — meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Martynov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa on the margins of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

March 11–14, 2012 — visit to Indonesia of a working group headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Aleinik. 

March 28–31, 2012 — visit of a delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Vitaly Prima to the Republic of Indonesia to participate in the international exhibition “Heavy Duty Vehicle and Equipment”. 

May 9, 2012 – the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Mr. Sergei Aleinik met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa on the margins of the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement.

May 17–19, 2012 — visit of the Rector of the Bandung Institute of Technology Dr. Akhmaloka to Belarus. 

June 10–13, 2012 — visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Sergei Martynov to the Republic of Indonesia. During the visit the Belarus Minister met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the People's Consultative Assembly Mr. Marzuki Alie, the Minister of Trade Mr. Gita Wirjawan, the Minister of Defence Mr. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, the Minister of Research and Technology Mr. Gusti Muhammad Hatta, the Secretary General of ASEAN Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, the Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Surio Bambang Sulisto. 

August 30, 2012 – the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Makei met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. Marty Natalegawa on the margins of the 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran.

September 30 — October 3, 2012 — visit to the Republic of Indonesia of the expert delegation led by the Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Sergei Aleinik to discuss pending drafts of the bilateral agreements.

November 6–8, 2012 — visit of a delegation headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus Mr. Roman Golovchenko to the Republic of Indonesia to participate in the international exhibition of arms and military equipment “INDO DEFENCE 2012 EXPO & FORUM”. 

November 11–14, 2012 — visit of the Belarusian delegation led by the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus Mr. Leonid Marinich to the Republic of Indonesia. 

November 14–16, 2012 — visit of the delegation of the Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs of Indonesia to the Republic of Belarus to participate in the VII Belarus Investment Forum. 

December 3–4, 2012 — visit of the Chairman of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences Dr. Lukman Hakim to the Republic of Belarus.

February 19–21, 2013 – visit of a delegation headed by the First Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Ivan Demidovich to the Republic of Indonesia. 

March 18–20, 2013 – State visit of the President of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Indonesia. The President of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko had talks with the President of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono within tet-a-tet and extended meetings, members of the State delegation had talks with their Indonesian counterparts, Belarus-Indonesia business forum was conducted.

May 3–6, 2013 – visit of the parliamentary delegation headed by the Speaker of the People’s Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia Dr. Marzuki Alie to the Republic of Belarus. Meetings of Dr. Marzuki Alie with the President of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Dr. Mikhail Myasnikovich and the Chairperson of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Andreichenko were held.

September 23–24, 2013 – visit of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Valentin Rybakov to the Republic of Indonesia to attend the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Indonesian Joint Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. 

November 4–7, 2014 – visit of a delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus Mr. Oleg Morozov to the Republic of Indonesia to participate in the international exhibition of arms and military equipment “INDO DEFENCE 2014 EXPO & FORUM”. 

March 16–20, 2015 – visit of the business delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Alexander Ogorodnikov to the Republic of Indonesia. 

May 24–26, 2015 – official visit of the parliamentary delegation headed by the Chairman of the House of Regional Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Irman Gusman to the Republic of Belarus. Meetings of Mr. Irman Gusman with the President of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Andrey Kobyakov, Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Dr. Mikhail Myasnikovich and the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Andreichenko were held. 

June 22, 2015 – visit of the Director General for America and Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani to Belarus to take part in the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Indonesian Joint Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. 

December 14–16, 2015 – visit to Indonesia of a delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Petr Baltrukovich to participate in the 1st meeting of the Joint Belarusian-Indonesian Working Group on Science, Technology (and Higher Education) Cooperation. 

April 14, 2016 – a meeting between the President of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Mr. Jusuf Kalla was held on the margins of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Istanbul, Turkey. 

April 27–30, 2016 an Indonesian delegation headed by the Minister of Defence of Indonesia Mr. Ryamizard Ryakudu visited Belarus. Meetings with the President of Belarus, Minister of Defence, military commanders and the officials of the State company for arms export Belspetsvneshtechnika (BSVT) were held. 

May 29 – June 2, 2016 a Belarusian delegation headed by Mr. Vladimir Semashko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus visited Indonesia. 

October 16–19, 2016 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Valentin Rybakov visited Indonesia. The first round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia was held.

October 17-18, 2017 to participate in the Sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Belarusian-Indonesian Joint Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Andrei Dapkiunas, the Deputy Minister of Industry Mr. D.Korchik and the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture Mr. L.Marinich visited Indonesia.

On May 24, 2018 the Director General for American and European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Mr. Muhammad Anshor visited Belarus to participate in the second round of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.

On December 5-7, 2018 the Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Dmitry Korchik visited Indonesia. 

On November 12-13, 2019, the official and business delegation of Indonesia paid a visit to Belarus, within its framework a working meeting of the directors of political departments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and the Belarusian-Indonesian business-forum were held.

In 2020, political cooperation continued. The parties paid mutual assistance on the issue of returning citizens home during the imposition of quarantine restrictions related to the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Belarusian-Indonesian inter-parliamentary contacts continued to develop. In February 2020, Friendship groups with the parliaments of friendly foreign countries, including Belarus, were inaugurated in the Indonesian parliament. At the invitation of the Indonesian side, the Ambassador Mr. Valery Kolesnik attended the inauguration ceremony, where he met with the Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Ms. Puan Maharani, as well as with the Head of the Bureau of Interparliamentary Cooperation Mr. Fadli Zon.

A Working group on cooperation with the Indonesian Parliament was formed in the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th convocation.

On July 7, 2020 the Ambassador Mr. Valery Kolesnik met with the Chairman of the Friendship Group in the Indonesian Parliament with the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Abdul Hakim Bafagih.

In 2021, political contacts between the two countries continued. In June, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Mr.Mikalai Barysevich held online negotiations with Director General for American and European Affairs of the MFA of Indonesia Mr.Ngurah Swajaya.

Inter-parliamentary cooperation was intensified. On October 21-24, 2021 Indonesian parliamentary delegation headed by the Vice-Speaker of the People's Representative Council of Indonesia Mr.Rachmat Gobel visited Belarus. The delegation, in addition to parliamentary circles, included representatives of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Trade of Indonesia, as well as business circles.

During the visit, the Vice-Speaker met with the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Mr.Vladimir Andreichenko, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Belarus Mr.Ivan Krupko, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Mr.Mikalai Barysevich, as well as the Deputy Minister of Industry of Belarus Mr.Dmitry Haritonchik. Within of the program of the visit, Indonesian delegation visited the production facilities of the Minsk Tractor Works, the Belarusian Automobile Plant, as well as the potassium mine in Soligorsk.