I would like to welcome to Indonesia President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and all delegates. Indonesia is committed to to strengthening strategic partnership between the two countries. In addition to the strengthening bilateral partnership between the two countries, [the partnership] also must strengthen ASEAN. Next year, Indonesia will assume ASEAN Chairmanship. Support from Vietnam for Indonesia’s […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all,   Distinguished Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and Ministers in attendance, Your Excellencies Ambassadors of Friendly Countries, Distinguished Governors in attendance this afternoon,   We are aware that the impacts of the environmental damage and climate change are indeed evident and real. Environmental […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good morning, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs and other Ministers in attendance; Distinguished Governor of Bank Indonesia, Chairperson of the Financial Services Authority (OJK), and all president directors of financial institutions and banks, leaders of organizations and associations, as well as Chairperson of the […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, Peace be upon us all. My fellow countrymen, ladies and gentlemen, The Government is committed to continue realizing sovereignty over natural resources and increasing added value in the country, especially with regard to providing as many jobs as possible and increasing foreign exchange as well as [achieving] a more […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Since 2015, we have been constructing dams and reservoirs. To date, Semantok Dam is the 30th dam that was inaugurated out of around 50, 60 dams to be completed by the end of 2024. We are aware that water […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good morning, May peace be upon us all, Om swastiastu, Namo Buddhaya, Greetings of Virtue. Distinguished Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of the National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency, and Minister of Cooperatives and SMEs as the host; Distinguished Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) I just have inaugurated Admiral Yudo Margono, who is standing beside me, as the TNI Commander, I told him to, first, guard the sovereignty of the Republic of Indonesia, and second, guard our unity. In addition, (I asked him) to guard, maintain, and increase public trust to […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Good afternoon, May peace be upon us all, Om swastiastu, Namo Buddhaya, Greetings of Virtue. Distinguished Minister of Law and Human Rights and attending Ministers; Distinguished Chairperson of the General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja, Ranks and Members of the Bawaslu; Distinguished Acting Governor of Jakarta; Distinguished Chairperson of General […]

Honorable Leaders of the European Union and Leaders of ASEAN, This year, we celebrate 45 years of the partnership between ASEAN and the European Union. We have gone through many challenges together. The partnership has also yielded good results. However, I must say that our partnership has not been all good since we need to […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Today, I will embark for Brussels, Belgium, with the First Lady and a limited delegation to attend the ASEAN-EU [European Union] Summit commemorating the 45th anniversary of relation between ASEAN and EU. We acknowledge that the trade value between ASEAN and EU in 2021 reached USD268.9 billion, confirming its position as the […]