In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of government affairs, the Government deems it necessary to dissolve a non-structural agency – the Sidoarjo Mudflow Mitigation Agency (BPLS). On the basis of these considerations,  President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo, on 2 March 2017, signed a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 21 of 2017 on […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo called King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia, on Sunday (12/3) at around 08:30 am Western Indonesian Time or 09:30 am Central Indonesian time. “In a telephone conversation, President Jokowi expressed his gratitude to the King Salman and his delegation for the visit to Indonesia,” Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi […]

  President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that e-KTP (Electronic Identification Card) caseis a big issue. He said that if  the process of making the e-KTP is perfect and accurate, it would have solved many problems.“For example, it can be used for passport as well as driver’s license application, tax, banking, and elections matters without providing […]

Considering that there are still a lot of challenges and problems in boosting export industrial products of Indonesia, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo asserted that he supports the meetings between world’s business associations and the Government of Indonesia. “The more intense the meeting become, be it between the associations and the ministers, or between the associations […]

Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung believes that the meeting between President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo with former President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would become a ‘positive signal’ for the international world. “We respect each other and we hope that this meeting also becomes a positive signal for the international world,” Pramono said to reporters after a limited cabinet […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that economic growth in Central Sulawesi Province is currently at 9.98 percent, far higher than that in 2016 at 5.02 percent. Therefore, the President hopes that this momentum could be maintained, the growth could be further improved. “We hope this economic growth momentum can help efforts to alleviate poverty in […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said he received information that the use of mercury in 850 traditional mine sites has caused hazardous pollution. “The pollution is not only dangerous to the health of 250 thousand miners, but also to the health of their families, particularly the children, as well as the people living around the mines,” […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo received a visit of the 6th President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (9/3). The President then invited SBY to have lunch, continued with a veranda talk and had tea together. “As I have oftenly mentioned, I will arrange time to meet Pak SBY. […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that with the improvement in prices of mineral and coal commodities in the global market, East Kalimantan’s economy will thrive again. Nevertheless, the President wants to make use of this circumstance as a momentum to take measures to develop alternative leading sectors outside the mining sectors, ranging from agriculture, plantation, […]

President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena admitted that he is deeply touched by the warm welcome, generosity, and hospitality poured out by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and the people of Indonesia for him and his delegates. “I would like to extend warm greetings from the people of Sri Lanka to the people of Indonesia. Thank you for the hospitality during […]