REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- The University of Padjadjaran (Unpad) in Bandung, West Java, will build an Asian-African study center here in cooperation with the Foreign Affairs Ministry's Agency for Assessment and Policy Development (BPPK).

"Unpad will build the Asian-African study center in its efforts to preserve the values of the ten-point Bandung Declaration on the promotion of world peace and cooperation," BPPK Chairman Darmansjah Djumala affirmed here on Tuesday (14/4).

He noted that the changes in world politics and the increasing global competition are the contributing factors to the development of the African-Asian study center.

Darmansjah explained that the center will serve as a platform for realizing concrete steps to address the problems being faced jointly by the countries in Asia and Africa.

Meanwhile, Unpad Rector Prof. Tri Hanggono Ahmad remarked that the construction of this facility is a good form of collaboration to build partnerships in the academic field with the universities in Asia and Africa.

"The studies will be carried out by involving the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the universities in Asia and Africa," said Hanggono.

He affirmed that the establishment of the Asian-African study center in conjunction with the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference (AAC 2015) will be an appropriate moment to showcase Bandung's excellence in the academic field to the world.

He further added that in the future, the Asian-African study center will be a place to embody the spirit of Bandung in the development map of Asian-African relations.

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