# Somalia and Indonesia

> Somalia and Indonesia: relations since 1960, the Nairobi embassy, UN peacekeeping in the 1990s, and palm oil and clothing exports worth US$163 million in 2025.

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Last checked: 2026-11-13
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## How do Somalia and Indonesia relate today?

Indonesia has no embassy in Mogadishu. Its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, covers Somalia. On 24 March 2025 President Prabowo Subianto swore in Tyas Baskoro Her Witjaksono Adji as ambassador to Kenya, also accredited to "the Federal Republic of Somalia" ([Cabinet Secretariat of Indonesia, 24 March 2025](https://setkab.go.id/en/president-prabowo-inaugurates-31-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/)).

Trade is the largest part of the tie. Indonesian exports to Somalia were worth US$163.2 million in 2025, while imports from Somalia were about US$31,000 ([UN Comtrade, Indonesia–Somalia 2025](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2025&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL)).

## When did contact begin?

Somalia's foreign ministry listed 21 December 1960 as the date relations with Indonesia began, according to Wikipedia's table of Somali diplomatic relations ([Wikipedia, Foreign relations of Somalia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somalia)).

## Who are the ambassadors and envoys?

- **Tyas Baskoro Her Witjaksono Adji**, Indonesian ambassador in Nairobi, accredited to Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, sworn in on 24 March 2025 ([Cabinet Secretariat, 2025](https://setkab.go.id/en/president-prabowo-inaugurates-31-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/)).

Earlier Indonesian envoys to Somalia and Somali envoys to Jakarta were not found in the sources reached for this page.

## Who built the tie?

- **Prabowo Subianto**, President of Indonesia, appointed the current ambassador accredited to Somalia in March 2025 ([Cabinet Secretariat, 2025](https://setkab.go.id/en/president-prabowo-inaugurates-31-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/)).
- **Tyas Baskoro Her Witjaksono Adji**, ambassador, handles the relationship from Nairobi ([Cabinet Secretariat, 2025](https://setkab.go.id/en/president-prabowo-inaugurates-31-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/)).

Business figures behind the palm oil and textile trade were not named in the sources reached.

## What agreements have they signed?

- **21 December 1960:** establishment of diplomatic relations ([Wikipedia, Foreign relations of Somalia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Somalia)).

No bilateral treaty was found in the sources reached for this page.

## Which leaders have visited?

No state or ministerial visit in either direction was found in the sources reached for this page.

## How much do they trade?

UN Comtrade records Indonesian exports to Somalia of:

- US$10.9 million in 2012 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2012&flowCode=X&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$36.6 million in 2014 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2014&flowCode=X&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$42.4 million in 2016 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2016&flowCode=X&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$68.1 million in 2018 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2018&flowCode=X&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$73.1 million in 2020 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2020&flowCode=X&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$100.4 million in 2022 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2022&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$97.1 million in 2023 and US$98.5 million in 2024 ([UN Comtrade, 2023](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2023&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL); [2024](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2024&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL))
- US$163.2 million in 2025 ([UN Comtrade](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2025&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL))

The main goods in 2025 were ([UN Comtrade, by product](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2025&flowCode=X&cmdCode=AG2)):

- animal and vegetable fats and oils: US$98.2 million, of which palm oil was US$97.2 million ([UN Comtrade, palm oil](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2025&flowCode=X&cmdCode=1511,1513,1516,1517))
- clothing (not knitted): US$25.8 million
- soap and cleaning products: US$14.7 million
- synthetic yarn and fabric: US$4.3 million
- plastics: US$3.8 million

Indonesia bought almost nothing from Somalia: US$68,800 in 2023 and US$31,500 in 2024 ([UN Comtrade, 2023](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2023&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL); [2024](https://comtradeapi.un.org/public/v1/preview/C/A/HS?reporterCode=360&partnerCode=706&period=2024&flowCode=X,M&cmdCode=TOTAL)).

## How much aid and money has gone in?

Indonesia does not report its aid to the OECD, and no Indonesian aid figures for Somalia were found in the sources reached ([OECD, DAC2a query](https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.DCD.FSD,DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A,/AUS+KOR+BRA+IDN.SOM.206.USD.V?startPeriod=2000&endPeriod=2024)).

## What about security?

Indonesia sent military personnel to both UN operations in Somalia: UNOSOM I in 1992 to 1993 and UNOSOM II in 1993 to 1995 ([UN Peacekeeping, UNOSOM I facts](https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/past/unosom1facts.html); [UNOSOM II facts](https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/past/unosom2facts.html)). See [Foreign forces in Somalia](/en/institutions/foreign-forces-in-somalia/) and [UN intervention, 1992 to 1995](/en/history/un-intervention-1992-1995/).

## How does Indonesia deal with Somaliland and the member states?

Indonesia's ambassador is accredited to the Federal Republic of Somalia ([Cabinet Secretariat, 2025](https://setkab.go.id/en/president-prabowo-inaugurates-31-indonesian-ambassadors-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/)). No Indonesian office or agreement with [Somaliland](/en/states/somaliland-1991-to-2026/) or a member state was found in the sources reached.

## Have there been disputes?

No dispute between the two governments was found in the sources reached for this page.

## Where does Indonesia stand in the UN and other bodies on Somalia?

Indonesia was a troop contributor to UNOSOM I and UNOSOM II ([UN Peacekeeping](https://peacekeeping.un.org/sites/default/files/past/unosom2facts.html)). Indonesia's statements on Somalia during its Security Council terms were not covered in the sources reached.

## Related pages

- [UN intervention, 1992 to 1995](/en/history/un-intervention-1992-1995/)
- [Foreign forces in Somalia](/en/institutions/foreign-forces-in-somalia/)
- [Somalia and Australia](/en/relations/australia/)
- [Somalia and South Korea](/en/relations/south-korea/)

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