President  Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has urged regional leaders – governors, regents, mayors – to pay more attention to inflation rate. Economic growth is indeed important and so is inflation rate, the President stated. The President made the statement in his remarks at the 7th National Coordinating Meeting (Rakornas) held at Grand Sahid Jaya Hotel, Jakarta, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo instructed governors, regents, and mayors to start spending the regional budget (APBD), be it provincial, regencies, or cities budget as early as possible or in January. “Spend the budget as early as possible because it will increase the flow of money and improve economic growth in cities, regencies, or provinces,” President […]

President Joko Widodo’s meeting with President of Guinea Alpha Condé, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (3/8) afternoon, discussed a number of bilateral issues and the potential to establish cooperation in several sectors, such as economy, investment, and human resources development. “President of Guinea and President Joko Widodo have agreed to start capacity development […]

The visit of the Prime Minister of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickramasinghe and his spouse Mrs. Maithree Wickramasinghe to the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, was used by President Joko Widodo to offer superior products made by Indonesian workers, i.e.  passenger trains manufactured by PT INKA, Madiun. “Passenger trains from PT INKA have been […]

President Joko Widodo received a courtesy call from Minister of Finance and Trade of Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday (2/8) afternoon. The bilateral meeting discussed the efforts to increase investment and trade cooperation, parcitularly in investment sector. As one of countries that has the highest Sovereign […]

President Joko Widodo admitted that moslem community nowadays must face big challenges, for example, high rate of unemployment particularly in young people who cannot integrate with others. “We are not strong enough in social media as well as technology, thus, we will not win perception competition,” the President said when delivering a remarks at the […]

President Joko Widodo received the visit of Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak, at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (1/8) afternoon. The meeting was conducted to discuss the 11th Indonesia-Malaysia Consultation Meeting. “Indonesia and Malaysia are two neighbors that have established a good relationship for quite long. It is […]

Bilateral meeting between the delegations of the Government of Republic Indonesia, led by President Joko Widodo, and the Government of Republic of Tajikistan, led by President Emomali Rahmon, at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (1/8) morning, has produced the signing of four cooperation documents. “Indonesia welcomes the signing of four cooperation documents, such as visa-free, […]

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo in his remarks at the opening of 26th National MTQ Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur’an (Quran Recital Competition) on Saturday (30/7), at Astaka Utama Islamic, Mataram, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, said that this is the time for Indonesia to become the center of Islamic thought and Islamic studies. Moreover, other countries must notice […]

The Indonesian Government ensures that it will not fulfill the request made by the Turkish Government to close a number of Turkish schools in Indonesia that are linked with Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind behind the recent failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung asserted that Indonesia is a democratic country […]