Indonesia will continue to pursue its important role in creating a more inclusive, just, and equitable world order, with the desire to become a full member of BRICS.

In July 2023, Indonesia accepted the invitation to participate in the BRICS meeting. Indonesian President ‘Joko Widodo’ said he was considering membership, but was not in a hurry.

Indonesian approach

Indonesia’s new foreign minister, Sugiyono, announced at the 2024 BRICS annual summit in Kazan, Russia, that the country plans to seek full membership. Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced its intention to join BRICS.

This is a major foreign diplomacy approach of new Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto’s “Good Neighbor Policy”, while Indonesia has already decided not to rush into BRICS membership.

The Indonesian new president, at the inauguration ceremony on October 20, said that his administration will adopt “the old philosophy of having a thousand friends is too few, and one enemy is too many.” In other words, Indonesia wants to be friends with all countries and have an anti-colonial stance.

In addition, Prabowo announced in the presidential debate in January 2024 that Indonesia could become the leader of the ‘global south’. On October 24, 2024, Indonesia’s foreign minister also argued that BRICS “could become a vehicle to advance the interests of the ‘Global South’.”

From this point of view, Indonesia calls for the unity of developing countries and the global south for a more comprehensive, fairer, and more equal world order.

This approach has caused Indonesia’s joining BRICS to be considered as another manifestation of this country’s active and free foreign policy, and Jakarta will continue its membership in BRICS along with interaction with other organizations.

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