AGREEMENT ON ISLAMIC SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ‘THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Proceeding from their religious and their common desire to strengthen and further fraternal relationship and co- operation in Islamic scientific,art and educational fields with aview to realizing maximum understanding through mutual co- operation in these fields, ‘the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Kingdan of Saudi Arabia have agreed upon the following : ARTICLE ONE ‘The two Governments shall endeavour to develop relations in Islamic scientific, art and educational fields between their vespectiive countries with aview to promoting —_ reciprocal understanding of their civilization and history through appropriate Islamic, Scientific and Technical Institutions. To such an end, they shall organize lectures as well as scientific and artistic exhibitions, exchange visits by students and teachers, the promotion of co- operation among Islamic, scientific, artistic, literary and other institutions engaged in the advancement of science and imowledge through the exchange of publications, archeological reproductions and scientific films. ARTICLE ‘TWO ‘The two Governments shall encourage and facilitate the exchange of academic staff menbers of universities and Islamic Institutions in accordance with the conditions agreed uponby the governments. ARTICLE THREE Each Goverment will offer nationals of the other country all possible facilities to enable then to joint Islamic educational institutions in their respective countries, and shall endeavour to yemove any obstacles on this way especially as regards the equation of academic degrees granted by educational institutions of the two countries.ARTICLE FOUR The two Governments shall allocate scholarship to the nationals of other country to enable them to joint its universities or educational intitutes or to specialize in the scientific, technical and educational fields needed by the other country. ARTICLE FIVE The two Governments shall incorporate in its educational curricula such syllabuses as would be edequate to acquaint nationals with the history and geography of the other country so that their youth would be properly enlightened and sufficiently provided with knowledge of the bonds of civilization and common history between the two sisterly countries. The Indonesian Government shall take necessary measures for the teaching of Arabic language in its educational institutions. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall extend the Government of the Republic of Indonesia every possible support in this respect especially as regard the development of the centre of Islamic studies and the Arabic language in Indonesia. ARTICLE SIX_ The two Governments shall facilitate visits by scientists , scholars and men of letters to the mseums and libraries in their respective countries,and shall give the access to the rare documents and manuscripts of comon interest to both countries. ARTICLE SEVEN ‘The two Governmentsshall promote the axchange of visits by delegations between the two countries by providing every available to then. ARTICLE EIGHT ‘The two contracting parties agreed to establish a Joint Saudi - Indonesia Committee with equal membership to be entrusted with the implementation of the present Agreement. The Committee shall lay down the progranmes conducive to this end, and shall work out the details of the article of Agreement and followup the implementation thereof.Be ARTICLE NINE ‘The implementation of the articles of the present Agreanent shall be subject to the rules and regulations in force in both countries. ARTICLE TEN ‘The present Agreement shall be ratified in accordance with the established procedures in either country, and shall be effective fifteen days after the instruments of ratification have been exchanged. ARTICLE ELEVEN Should there arises any other subject of common interest out side the purview of this Agreement a separate agreement could be made in order to foster relationship between the two Governments. ARTICLE TWELVE ‘The present Agreement shall remain in force and shall be automatically renewed unless either of the two Governments notifies the other at a six months notice of its desire to terminate it. In witness hereof the present Agreenent was signed and stamped by the two authorized representatives named hereafter. Done in Riyadh on Tuesday, 15thof Rajab 1401 4H, corresponding to 19th of M a y 1981 AD, in two original copies, each in the the Indonesian, Arabic and English languages, all the texts being equally authentic. For the Republic of Indonesia, For the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, oe ee ey PROF.DR. MOCHTAR KUSUMAATMADJA SAUD AL FAISAL MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS