Renville Agreement

Renville Agreement
Delegations of the Kingdom, the Republic and the Commission of the Good Offices during the first plenary meeting on the American troopship Renville, Monday, Dec. 1947
TypeCeasefire Agreement
ContextOperation Product during the Indonesian National Revolution
SignedJanuary 17, 1948 (1948-01-17)
LocationUSS Renville, Jakarta Bay
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The Renville Agreement was a United Nations Security Council-brokered political accord between the Netherlands, which was seeking to re-establish its colony in Southeast Asia, and Indonesian Republicans seeking Indonesian independence during the Indonesian National Revolution. Ratified on 17 January 1948, the agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to resolve the disputes that arose following the 1946 Linggadjati Agreement. It recognised a cease-fire along the Status Quo Line (Status Quo lijn) or so-called "Van Mook Line", an artificial line that connected the most advanced Dutch positions.

The agreement is named after USS Renville, the ship on which the negotiations were held while anchored in Jakarta Bay.