Bandung, December 22, 2025. The Ambassador of Cuba to Indonesia, Dagmar González Grau, carried out an official visit to the Museum of the Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung.
The Museum of the Asia-Africa Conference, located in the historic Gedung Merdeka, is one of the most emblematic sites of the city and a symbol of international cooperation, since it was here that the Asia-Africa Conference was held from April 18–24, 1955.
This museum commemorates the historic meeting of 1955, where 29 countries from Asia and Africa came together to promote cooperation among newly independent nations in the face of colonial powers.
The Bandung Conference was crucial because it gave voice to newly independent countries, strengthened Afro-Asian cooperation, and marked the beginning of the Non-Aligned Movement, changing the dynamics of international politics during the Cold War.
The “Spirit of Bandung” continues to be a reference in debates on global justice, South-South cooperation, and resistance to neocolonialism. Seventy years after the Conference, it is remembered as the first major diplomatic gathering of the Global South, which challenged the world order dominated by colonial powers.