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Indonesia and Singapore established diplomatic relations on 7 September 1967, [1] a month after the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on 8 August 1967. Indonesia and Singapore are two of the five founding members of ASEAN (including Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines).
15 February – The Civilian War Memorial is unveiled at the War Memorial Park. [1]24 February – 1967 by-elections: Nomination day is held for the by-elections.After nominations closed, People's Action Party (PAP) candidates Teo Hup Teck (Jalan Kayu), Chew Chin Han (Tampines), Patma Salvadurai (Bukit Panjang) and Lim Soo Peng (Havelock) win their seats via a walkover.
The ASEAN Declaration [1] or Bangkok Declaration is the founding document of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya.
Singapore would gain independence and leave Malaysia on 9 August 1965, just five months after the bombing. In March 1967, the then-President of Indonesia, Sukarno, who had initiated the Konfrontasi, resigned from the presidency under pressure by Indonesian military general Suharto amidst the 30 September Movement. A clemency plea by Suharto ...
Its first consulate general was Mohamad Razif which took office from 1950 to 1954. Diplomatic relations with independent Republic of Singapore was established in September 1967, one month after both countries became founding members of ASEAN and Abdul Rahman Ramly became the country's first ambassador to Singapore.
Protest at the Indonesian embassy in Beijing in April 1967 following Suharto's assumption of presidential power. The Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov called the killings a 'tragic event' and described it as "an extreme case of reaction, racism and militarism", but otherwise, the official Soviet response was relatively muted. [147]
A cornerstone of Indonesia's contemporary foreign policy is its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), [16] of which it was a founding member in 1967 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.