REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi expressed hope that the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference (AAC) will strengthen the south-south cooperation.

"The commemoration event should advance the south-south cooperation and contribute more to global welfare and peace," Minister Marsudi said at a coordination meeting to discuss the preparation of the commemoration here on Wednesday.

According to the minister, the south-south cooperation should be in line with the spirit of the AAC, which promotes a non-aligned, autonomous, independent, self-determined, peaceful, egalitarian, and sustainable coexistence.

Indonesia must be able to demonstrate its capabilities to strengthen the south-south cooperation, she noted.

"This is a new Indonesia, we must show it to the world," Marsudi added.

The Government of the Republic of Indonesia will host the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the AAC that takes the theme "Strengthening South-South Cooperation to Promote World Peace and Prosperity."

The commemoration will be held in Bandung on April 24, 2015. Some 109 Asian and African countries as well as 16 observer countries and 25 international organizations will be invited.

The commemoration will also bring out three documents: the Bandung Message, Declaration on Reinvigorating the New Asian-African Strategic Partnership, and Declaration on Palestine.

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