Relationship dossier
Cambodia
Indonesia
Relationship assessment
A cooperative partnership shaped by bilateral ties and Indonesia’s role in Cambodia’s peace process
Cambodia toward Indonesia
+25Cambodia participates in a bilateral strategic partnership with Indonesia, established in 2015, providing a framework for cooperation. The scope of Cambodia’s concrete initiatives toward Indonesia is unclear.
Indonesia toward Cambodia
+35Indonesia hosted Jakarta Informal Meetings in 1988 and 1989 as part of regional efforts to address the Cambodian conflict, contributing to the diplomatic process that led toward a settlement. Indonesia and Cambodia later established a strategic partnership in 2015.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship combines a formal strategic partnership with Indonesia’s substantive diplomatic involvement in addressing Cambodia’s conflict. These features support a generally cooperative assessment, while limited detail about the partnership’s implementation constrains the assessment of its depth.
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
Cambodia and Indonesia have developed a cooperative bilateral relationship, including a strategic partnership established in 2015. Indonesia also played a prominent role in regional diplomacy during Cambodia’s conflict, hosting Jakarta Informal Meetings in 1988 and 1989. The relationship has a history of cooperation, though the scope and implementation of bilateral initiatives are not fully clear.
Key developments
Indonesia hosted Jakarta Informal Meetings focused on the Cambodian conflict.
Cambodia and Indonesia established a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation under the strategic partnership are unclear.
- Details of recent government-to-government initiatives are limited.