Jakarta, July 21 -- Indonesia's Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek) is seeking to intensify collaboration with Serbia in the fields of higher education and research.

"We appreciate the Serbian government's efforts in providing scholarships to Indonesian students for more than a decade, and we welcome more Indonesians to pursue studies at Serbian universities," Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto noted in a statement here on Monday.

Minister Brian proposed initiating a joint research funding scheme with 20 professors from each country as an initial step toward broader collaboration.

"Indonesia and Serbia can begin the process of updating the cooperation agreement to fu...