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Barat, West Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) - Delegations from 20 countries in Asia
and Europe gathered in Senggigi tourist resort in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara,
here on Tuesday discussing efforts to increase cultural cooperation.
The
activity until Wednesday was part of the preparations for the Asia Europe
Meeting`s (ASEM) Culture Ministers Meeting (CMM) to be held in Yogyakarta in
2012.
The
ASEM-CMM is held every two years to improve understanding and cultural
exchanges among Asian and European countries.
The first ASEM-CMM
meeting was held in Beijing in 2003, the second in Paris in 2005, the third in
Kuala Lumpur in 2008, the fourth in Poznan on September 9-10 and the fifth
later in Yogyakarta.
The
preliminary meeting in Senggigi was attended by 14 delegations from Asia and
six from Europe.
The Asian
countries participating in the meeting are Indonesia, Cambodia, China, India,
Japan, South Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and
Singapore.
The six
European countries include the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Poland
and Denmark.
Delegations
from the European Union and Asia Europe Foundation (AEF) would also take part
in the 2012 ASEM-CMM meeting.
The
director general of America & Europe cooperation of the ministry of foreign
affairs, Retno L.P. Marsudi, said on the sidelines of the meeting that the
activity was directed to a dialogue forum focusing on perspectives of various
information and cultural experiences.
"There
are sharing of information and experiences and aspects of capacity building
directing towards opportunities for cultural cooperation. Concretely they will
be discussed later in bilateral meetings," she said.
As an
example she referred to cooperation between Indonesia and the Netherlands in
preserving the Istana Dalam Loka (palace) cultural heritage on Sumbawa island.
Such a
cultural cooperation has also been carried out with Portugal in East Nusa
Tenggara, she said.
Retno said
the ASEM-CMM meeting in 2012 is expected to be able to produce concrete
cooperation for the preservation of historical cities in Asia and Europe that
would give direct benefit to the people in the two continents.
Lombok has
been chosen to be the host of the Preparatory Senior Official Meeting because
the island is one of the region that has a lot of cultural heritages.
In addition
to that Indonesia also wishes to promote the region through "Visit Lombok
Sumbawa (VLS) 2012".
She said
Indonesia`s membership in ASEM is very beneficial because through it Indonesia
could conduct cultural diplomacy with ASEM partners and fight for the
government`s interest in the field.
"ASEM
can also serve as a forum of information exchange that could facilitate
cooperation between Indonesia and Asia and Europe and through the cooperation
opportunities may be opened for development of technical cooperation in the
form of bilateral or multilateral cooperation," she said.
An expert
staff on multi-cultural affairs of the ministry of culture and tourism, Hari
Untoro Drajat, meanwhile said efforts to increase cultural cooperation must
remain based on Law Number 11 of 2010 on Cultural Preserve.
In
implementing the regulation the government would continue to support cultural
development in regions.
"In
essence they are directed to improving cultural preservation so that the forms
of cooperation would be discussed along with other Asias and European
countries," he said.
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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