We all have the responsibility to become Indonesia’s batik ambassadors, including, of course, Indonesian diplomats. Jakarta  Batik is a symbol of Indonesia’s soft power diplomacy that has become more resilient and recognized by the world, Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi has said.

It is for this reason that the Foreign Affairs Ministry will continue to present batik as Indonesia’s identity every chance it gets on the international stage, she remarked at the 2021 National Batik Day event, organized virtually on Saturday.

“Today marks more than a decade of Indonesia’s diplomacy journey with batik that has been recognized by the world, not just as the nation’s cultural inheritance, but also as non-object cultural inheritance ever since its acknowledgement by UNESCO on October 2, 2009,” she noted.

“This shows the world’s recognition of the richness of Indonesia’s culture and the nation’s commitment to protect batik,” she added.

Source: ANTARA News