Your Majesty, Your Excellencies ASEAN leaders, leaders of partner countries; Honorable Chairpersons and Heads of High State Institutions; Ladies and gentlemen, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good morning. Welcome to Jakarta for the 43rd ASEAN Summit. All the people of Indonesia and I are delighted to welcome the big ASEAN family. I am sure that not only […]

Your Excellency Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and the delegation, Welcome to Jakarta, and congratulations on the inauguration of Your Excellency. Indonesia and Timor Leste are brothers, so our partnership must be more strengthened. Your Excellency, I would like to discuss three issues. First, regarding Timor Leste’s membership in ASEAN, Indonesia always lends support to it, […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good Afternoon, May prosperity be upon us all. Distinguished Cabinet Ministers; Distinguished Chairperson of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC) Mr Arsjad Rasjid and Distinguished Members of the ASEAN BAC, as well as Entrepreneurs from ASEAN Region and from ASEAN partner countries; Ladies and Gentlemen, An Indonesian proverb says that a neighbor […]

Press You have just inspected the venues. How is the readiness for the Summit? President of the Republic of Indonesia Yes, I have just inspected the venus and noticed that 99.9 percent we are ready to hold the ASEAN Summit. And we will finish minor preparations within one or two days. Press Any confirmation of […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, May peace be upon us all, Om swastiastu, Namo buddhaya, Greetings of Virtue. Distinguished heads and leaders of state institutions in attendance, Distinguished ministers of the Indonesia Onward Cabinet, Distinguished Acting Governor of Banten, regents, and mayors, Distinguished Chief of the Indonesian National Police and leaders of the Indonesian […]

Reporter Any directives for HIPMI? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) I have mentioned downstreaming, industrialization, downstreaming raw products and turn them into packaged products, so there is value added in the products, giving better price and better competitiveness. Reporter You also mentioned that it has to be continued by the next President, […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) I think it is such an excellent initiative from Central Java Governor who turned this skill training center (BLK) into a vocational high school (SMK), particularly for underprivileged students. First, it is great. Children coming from underprivileged family can attend school for free. In fact, their school […]

Om swastiastu, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Minister of State Secretary Prof. Pratikno; Distinguished Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas; Distinguished Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga; Distinguished Commander of the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) and Chief of the Indonesian National Police (Polri) […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Yes, when I visit the cities, regencies, and provinces, I always stop by at the market for monitoring prices. The prices are good here. The price of rice slightly increased. But, I think many other prices decreased among others; shallots, chicken meat, and eggs. I think that […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Distinguished Supreme Leader (Rais Aam) of JATMAN, Leader of the World Sufi Assembly (WSA) and patron of International Sufi Assembly, my teacher, Assayid Dr. Al-Habib Muhammad Luthfi Ali bin Hasyim bin Yahya, Distinguished Committee Member of World Sufi Assembly Sheikh Syuhumi Al-Idris, Distinguished Egypt’s Al-Azhar Sheikh Usamah and Sheikhs, Distinguished Sheikhs, […]