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 […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Wednesday received a state visit of President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena. The historic visit, the President said, is the first visit of a Sri Lankan President since the last visit 41 years ago. “The visit is even more special because this year is the 65th commemoration of diplomatic relations […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that Indonesia and South Africa are two emerging countries of the G-20 and the two countries are keen to promote the South-South cooperation. “Indonesia hopes that the partnership between Indonesia and South Africa in driving the South-South cooperation including through the Asian-African new strategic partnership can be intensified,” President Jokowi […]

  The President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said that South Africa and Indonesia share a very strong historical bond of friendship since the 1600s when the first people of Indonesian descentarrived in South Africa. This relations is getting stronger in several decades, proved by the important role of Indonesia in supporting South Africa’s struggle […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo officially closed the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Leaders’ Summit on Tuesday (7/3) afternoon, which took place since Saturday (5/3) at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) Jakarta. In his speech, President Jokowi said the IORA Summit discussed many important aspects and challenges as well as the opportunities in the Indian Ocean […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo admitted that for hundreds of years Atlantic Ocean has dominated the world. Moreover, over the last 30 years it has developed drastically causing the countries in East Asia make a statement that this is the Pacific Century. However, the President affirmed that Indonesia believes that Indian Ocean, at the moment, has […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo conducted bilateral talks with a number of world leaders, including Heads of Government/State and representatives of friendly countries attending the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit of at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, Tuesday (7/3). The bilateral talks, which were held on the sidelines of the IORA Summit, were aimed […]