A consultation meeting between the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR-RI) led by its speaker Ade Komarudin and the Government led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo which was held on Friday (14/4) morning at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta has agreed to immediately deliberate and finish the bill of the Law on Tax Amnesty. After the meeting, […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, accompanied by Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani, and Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H. Laoly, received the Speaker dan Deputy Speakers of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Thursday (14/4) afternoon. […]

President Joko Widodo said that moratorium on palm oil plantation and mining activities that he told to Minister of Environment and Forestry, means he would not give concession anymore. “Every one can no longer asks for palm oil concession,” the President said to the journalists after the launching of “National Movement for Rescuing Wild Plants […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on Thursday (14/4) launched “The National Movement to Save Wildlife” in Karya Island, Pulau Panggang Sub-district, Kepulauan Seribu Utara District, Thousand Islands Regency, North Jakarta. In his remarks at the launching ceremony, the President said that Indonesia is a country rich in biodiversity and is also known as the lung of […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday (14/4) morning flew from Atang Sendjaja Bogor Air Force Base to Karya Island, Panggang Island Regency, North Thousand Islands Sub-district, Thousand Island Administrative Regency, on Indonesian Air Force’s Super Puma Helicopter to lead the ceremony of the Declaration of Wildlife and Plant Rescue Movement as a part of the […]

Head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China Song Tao on Wednesday (13/4) afternoon, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, met President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. On the occasion, Song Tao conveyed a greeting from the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping for the friendship that has been established. Moreover, […]

President Joko Widodo emphasized that synergy as well as synchronization are the keys for a more efficient and effective national development. “I don’t want to use old traditions anymore, in which planning and budgeting are not synchronized. It makes the targeted goals are not met,” the President said in his introductory remarks at a Limited […]

Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo on Wednesday (13/4) at the Merdeka Palace met with Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. On that occasion, on behalf of WTO Azevedo appreciated the Indonesian Government for successfully organizing the WTO Summit in Bali as well as for Indonesia’s role in supporting the Summit in […]

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi on Tuesday (12/4) met with her Malaysian counterpart Sri Anifah Amman on the sidelines of the Council of the Foreign Ministers, which is a preparatory meeting (on 12-13 April 2016) before the 13th Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 14-15 April 2016. During […]

After inaugurating the Opening of the 2016 International Fleet Review (IFR), President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo accompanied by Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) Commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo and Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Ade Supandi inspected an international battleships parade on KRI Frans Kaisiepo-368, an Indonesian Naval battleship. President Jokowi inspected as many as 20 […]