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 […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo considered that the First Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit, which concluded on Tuesday (7/3), proceeded ‘smoothly, productively, and constructively’. “World leaders welcome the first IORA Summit,” the President said in a joint press conference with South African President Jacob Zuma and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Jakarta Convention […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said the Indian Ocean is a vast region that poses many challenges for countries situated in the region. However, the President, who was once a  businessman, said those challenges would in fact provide opportunities for businessmen,“Herein lies business opportunities,” the President said in his introductory remarks at the opening of the […]

The Ministerial Meeting of Member Countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) has produced a number of agreements, namely the Jakarta Concord, the IORA Action Plan which contains concrete actions to implement the Jakarta Concord, as well as the IORA Declaration for the Prevention of and Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism. In a press […]