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One of the members of the Indonesian delegation, who visited Belgrade for the participation of Indonesia at the 36th International Tourism Fair, as the country partner, was Guru Sukarno Putra, the youngest son of Sukarno, the former president of the Republic of Indonesia. On February 25th 2014, he has also visited the Archives of Yugoslavia together with his associates, accompanied by Widya Parsaoran Gultom political counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, together with Zlatica Broz, granddaughter of Josip Broz Tito.

Guru Sukarno Putri was received by Miladin Milosevic, acting Director of the Archives of Yugoslavia, with his associates, and the meeting was attended by representatives of the Serbian-Indonesian Friendship Association “Nusantara” – Dr Aleksandar Rakovic, president of the Association, Marko Jelic, Secretary General, as well as members of the Board of the Association – prof. dr Ljubodrag Dimic and journalist Borislav Korkodelovic.

Guru Sukarno Putra is the youngest son of Sukarno, who is not a politician, but is engaged in activities in the field of culture. He is a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia, responsible for culture and education. He has brothers and sisters who are in politics, and his sister Megawati Sukarnoputri was the President of the Republic of Indonesia.

Guru said he was happy because he had a chance to visit Belgrade, and to get familiar with the Archives of Yugoslavia for which he is gratefully thankful. Together with Zlatica Broz, he has visited the House of Flowers, resting place of President Tito and the Museum of Contemporary Art, because it was his desire to meet with Tito’s granddaughter. He felt nostalgic and touched when he saw a photograph with President Tito and Sukarno on it. Given that Guru is also the president of Sukarno Foundation, which was established with the approval of Sukarno’s children and grandchildren, he has a desire for his foundation to make a similar museum and house of flowers in Indonesia. For the preparation of materials, the documents about Sukarno which would equip the museum, he will need assistance and cooperation from the Archives of Yugoslavia.

Acting Director Milosevic said that the Archives will gladly meet his wishes and give the digital documents interesting for the preparation of the planned museum. In particular, the Archives of Yugoslavia keeps the most important documents on the subject of relations between Yugoslavia and Indonesia-primarily an archive fund of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic. There are letters that were exchanged between Presidents Tito and Sukarno. As a gift to the guest, The Archive has prepared copies of letters that were exchanged by the two presidents. The first letter from Tito to Sukarno dates from 1957, followed by their correspondence, including documents about international politics, relations, Non-Aligned Movement etc. Letters will remind Guru about his father, and the friendship between two presidents, as well as his visit to Belgrade. There are also photographs of two presidents from 1961 from the First non-aligned conference in Belgrade, and hand written letters, a unique documents existing only in the Yugoslav Archives.