In a bid to deal with hajj pilgrimage this year amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Indonesian government has announced that it is preparing two schemes, while monitoring any policy changes from the Saudi Arabian Government. “Ministry of Religious Affairs will continue to monitor new policies imposed by the Saudi Arabian Government regarding hajj pilgrimage this […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo received condolence  messages from state leaders on the passing of his mother,  Sudjiatmi Notomihardjo on 25 March 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia expressed his condolences to President Jokowi during his remarks at the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders’ Summit, Thursday (26/3). Through official letters received by the Bureau of Press, Media […]

Coordination, synergy, solidarity, and solidity have become the global spirit at this year’s G20 Extraordinary Summit on the Handling of the Coronavirus Outbreak, according to Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi. Retno made the statement after accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in the G20 Extraordinary Summit through video conferencing at Bogor Presidential Palace, West […]

In a bid to fix supply chains problems especially on medical devices, all countries must continue to collaborate in increasing production capacity, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani has said. “The problem is bottlenecks in supply chains, especially in medical devices, therefore it needs to be upgraded,” the Finance Minister said after accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” […]

The G20 is committed to fight Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, minimize disruptions to trade and global supply chain, and provide help to all countries in need of assistance. The statement was made by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani after accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attends the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit from the Bogor Presidential Palace, […]

The Government through Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing continues accelerating the construction of observation/isolation/quarantine facility for contagious diseases mitigation, particularly the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Galang Island, Batam, Riau Islands Province to meet completion target date set by President Joko “Jokowi” which is the end of March 2020. “The construction progress reaches 78 percent […]

Data from the Indonesian Government’s official website for covid-19 showed that as of Thursday (26/3), the number of the country’s confirmed covid-19 cases reached 893 confirmed cases with 78 deaths and 35 recover.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appealed to the G-20 leaders to join hands to fight against the ongoing covid-19 outbreak and to stimulate the weakening global economy. The President made the statement during the G-20 Summit through a video conference from the Bogor Presidential Palace, West Java Province, Thursday (26/3).

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo joined the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on Thursday (26/3) to discuss the efforts of G20 member countries in the handling of Covid-19. This Extraordinary Summit was initiated by Saudi Arabia as this year’s G20 Chair. The summit began with introductory remarks from King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at 3.00 […]

Ministry of Finance’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise has announced it will provide eases for import of goods needed to tackle covid-19 outbreak. The eases are in the forms of exemption from import duty and excise, not subject to Value Added Tax (PPN) and/or Sales Tax on Luxury Goods (PPnBM), exemption from Import income […]