[1] Both had a special relationship,[2] based upon shared common history as former colonies of the Dutch Empire.

Large numbers of Javanese migrated to Suriname to work on plantations during the late 19th and early 20th-centuries.

Indonesia and Suriname are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation.

Bilateral diplomatic relations were officially established in 1975, although there had been an Indonesian Consulate General in Paramaribo since 1964.

[3] Indonesia sees Suriname as a strategic partner in the region, as its gate and trade hub to enter the Latin America market.