In 2006, His Majesty King Abdullah initiated an International Islamic Conference, which was attended by 200 Islamic leaders and scholars from 50 countries.

The ties can be displayed as an Indonesian proverb said: “Jauh di mata, tetapi dekat di hati” or 'miles apart, but close at heart'.Īs the two most populous Muslim countries, Indonesia and Jordan have religious, brotherhood and kinship ties. Although geographically separated by two continents and two oceans, the two countries truly have a close and fraternal relationship.

The bilateral relations have developed not only at the government level but also at the public level. Seventy years is a platinum period of friendship between the two countries. Since then, the official diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Jordan have continued and developed until now. On 27 February 1950, a member of the Central Indonesia National Committee, Bagindo Dahlan Abdullah, was appointed by President Sukarno to become the Ambassador of the United States of Indonesia to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan and reside in Baghdad. However, the formality of Jordan recognition of Indonesian independence needed to be postponed because at that time Jordan's was still in transition from the British rule. In July 1947, the Indonesian delegation was received by King Abdullah I in Amman, who said that Jordan was committed to the Arab League's decision. Since then, the two have formed a normal and firm relationship between the two young nations.Ī few months later, the late President Sukarno dispatched a delegation led by Foreign Minister Agus Salim to visit Cairo, as the headquarters of the Arab League, Damascus and Amman. The reason the Arab League gave its support for Indonesia's independence was based on religious, brotherhood and kinship ties. On 18 November 1946, the Council of the Arab League made a decision to recognise Indonesia as a fully independent sovereign state. Jordan, then still called Trans-Jordan, as one of the founders of the Arab League was among the countries that first recognised Indonesia’s independence. In fact, the historical threads of relations between the two countries started earlier. This year marks the momentum of 70 years of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Jordan that deserves to be commemorated.

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