Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May prosperity be upon all of us,   Distinguished Ministers, Head of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority, Governor of East Kalimantan Province, Regent of North Penajem Paser, Distinguished President Commissioner of PT. Pakuwon Nusantara (a private construction company) and the entire board of directors, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,   […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo Well, to get to Nusantara we normally take the Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road then enter Sepaku, it takes approximately two hours 15 minutes. So, we are now constructing this toll road, directly from Balikpapan to Nusantara, so the distance is only 57 kilometers and takes approximately 50 minutes. […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Ladies and Gentlemen, Alhamdulillah, thank God, today we are here at the groundbreaking ceremony for a hospital construction. The Mayapada Hospital Nusantara is the second hospital to be built in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN). The hospital will become a green hospital, and will support the acceleration of the development of […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good morning, may prosperity be upon us all. Distinguished Ministers, Head of the IKN Authority, Governor of East Kalimantan, Chairperson of the DPR RI’s (House of Representatives) Commission V, Regent of North Penajam Paser, all customary and community figures present. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. Today, we are about to commence the […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Yes. The most important thing, first, we must boost (rice) production so if there is a lot of supply, prices will remain. Second, I have ordered Minister of Agriculture to focus on rice production since we have not been able to reduce the price (of rice) even […]

Distinguished Onward Indonesia Cabinet Ministers; Distinguished Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as the President of International Hydropower Association; Distinguished Premier of Sarawak Dato Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Johari Tun Abang Haji Openg; Distinguished Minister of Energy Renewable and Hydrogen of Queensland; Distinguished Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Governor of Bali, Distinguished Guests, Ladies […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon. May peace be upon us all. Shalom, Om Swastiastu. Distinguished Minister of Finance, Minister of Home Affairs, Distinguished governors, regents, and mayors in attendance this afternoon, I would like to extend several things related to challenges and what we must do in response. We are all aware that the […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. I have just chaired a limited Cabinet meeting on Palestine. Indonesia is very outraged about deteriorating situation in Gaza, particularly in terms of humanitarian situation. We are closely monitoring the recent situation in Gaza and Indonesia’s position is very clear and firm: we strongly condemn attacks on civilians and public facilities in […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Well, I make an inspection every time I visit a city. I make an inspection to the vocational high school (SMK). We are here in SMK Negeri 3, Metro City, Lampung province. I notice that there are differences in vocational high schools, and I think that in […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Today, I want to make sure that what I saw five months ago is already underway. It’s not 100 percent complete; it’s about 60 to 70 percent. Some are 70 percent, some are 60 percent. As we can see here in Rumbia, in the Central Lampung regency, […]