Relationship dossier
Belgium
Indonesia
Relationship assessment
Belgium and Indonesia have a cooperative relationship with economic ties and high-level engagement.
Belgium toward Indonesia
+20Belgium, through the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, concluded an investment-protection agreement with Indonesia, providing a bilateral framework for economic relations. Belgian high-level engagement with Indonesia has also included a royal visit.
Indonesia toward Belgium
+20Indonesia concluded an investment-protection agreement with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and has engaged with Belgium through high-level bilateral visits, supporting economic and diplomatic cooperation.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes an investment-protection framework and high-level bilateral engagement, supporting a cooperative economic and diplomatic structure. The agreement’s current implementation and the breadth of more recent cooperation are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Belgium and Indonesia maintain a cooperative relationship with a history of high-level engagement and a bilateral investment-protection framework concluded with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union. These arrangements indicate practical economic cooperation, although the scope of current government-to-government cooperation and the framework’s present implementation are unclear.
Key developments
The Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Indonesia concluded an agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments.
Belgian King Philippe made a state visit to Indonesia, accompanied by a Belgian economic mission.
Major uncertainties
- The current status and practical application of the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union investment-protection agreement are unclear.
- Details of recent bilateral government cooperation beyond high-level engagement are limited.