History

When Indonesia declared its independence on August 17, 1945, Egypt immediately convened a meeting of foreign ministers of the Arab League countries. On November 18, 1946, they passed a resolution recognizing Indonesia's independence as a fully independent and sovereign state. This recognition is a de jure recognition according to international law.

To convey this recognition, the Secretary General of the Arab League at that time, Abdurrahman Azzam Pasya, sent the Egyptian Consul General in India, Mohammad Abdul Mun'im, to Indonesia. After a long journey and full of obstacles, especially from the Dutch side, he finally reached the capital of Indonesia at that time, Yogyakarta, and was received by President Soekarno and Bung Hatta on March 15, 1947. This was the first recognition of Indonesia's independence by a foreign country.

The good relationship continued with the opening of the Indonesian Representative in Egypt by appointing HM Rasyidi as Charge d'Affairs or "Power of Attorney". The representative doubles as a permanent diplomatic mission for all Arab League countries. This close relationship gave meaning to Indonesia's struggle when there were debates in the UN General Assembly and UN Security Council forums discussing the Indonesia-Dutch dispute, Arab diplomats staunchly supported Indonesia.

President Sukarno responded to the defense of Arab countries in international forums by visiting Egypt and Saudi Arabia in May 1956 and Iraq in April 1960. In 1956, when the UN General Assembly decided to withdraw British, French and Israeli troops from Egyptian territory, Indonesia supported the decision and for the first time sent a UN Peacekeeping Force to Egypt called the Garuda Contingent I or KONGA I.

Col. Dr. Mar Arief Rahman Hakim M. Tr (Opsla) M. Han

        1. Involved in the UN mission in Nepal in 2011 as the Arms Monitoring Team which is part of The United Nations mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
        2. Involved in peace and humanitarian missions in 2012 in Africa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a Military Observer (MILOBS) who are members of the United Nations Organizations Stabilization Mission In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo (MONUSCO).
        3. Involved in the Peacekeepers training collaboration with the Canada Peacekeeping Training Division in the United Nations Senior Mission Leaders Course in 2012
        4. Engage in Education and training for UN Peacekeepers
        5. For approximately 5 years at the TNI Peacekeeping Mission Center (PMPP TNI) from 2013 – 2018.
        6. Involved in Peacekeepers training cooperation with Australia (ADF Peace Operations Training Center) as UN international instructor in the United Nations Military Observer Course and Garuda Kookabura Exercise in 2013.
        7. Involved in cooperation with the Peacekeepers exercise with Thailand (Thailand Peace Operations Center) as the UN international instructor in the United Nations Military experts Course and the Ayara - Garuda Exercise in 2017.
        8. Involved in seminar activities in the field of Peacekeeping with ASEAN and Australia in 2017.
        9. Engaged in joint training with the European Union in the 2017 Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) training.
        10. Engaged in joint training with the Malaysia Peacekeeping Center in the Asean Staffex Workshop in 2018.

         

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