Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Your Majesty, Your Excellency leaders of ASEAN and GCC countries,   Indonesia as Chair of ASEAN 2023 welcome the historic momentum of ASEAN’s first meeting with the leaders of the Gulf countries. Thank you for the welcome and hospitality from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ASEAN and the GCC are two […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Indonesia condemns the attacks in Gaza that have resulted in people suffering and an increasing number of civilian casualties, including women and children. Indonesia also condemns the Israeli attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital that violates international humanitarian law. To that end, I have ordered Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi to […]

Your Excellency President Xi Jinping, Excellencies all leaders, Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate for the 10th anniversary of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and I hope that we can strengthen the synergy from BRI in infrastructure development. Amidst the more polarized global situation, the BRI cooperation must […]

Your Excellency Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang; State Leaders; Distinguished guests. In this open and global era, Indonesia reaffirms that connectivity is the path to prosperity. To that end, over the nine years until the end of 2023, Indonesia has built more than two thousand kilometers of toll roads and non-toll roads, as well as new […]

President Xi, First of all, I would like to express my congratulations on China’s National Day. I believe that the good relations between our two countries will become stronger in the future, in the time to come. And, we must take advantage of this good momentum to further strengthen our bilateral cooperation as well as […]

Your Excellency Premier Li, It is a pleasure for me to meet you again after our meeting in Jakarta last month during the ASEAN Summit. I appreciate for the strategic comprehensive partnership that has made great strides in the past 10 years. China has become Indonesia’s largest trade partner as well as the second largest […]

Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, My Fellow Countrymen, Today, my delegation and I will undertake a working visit to Beijing, PRC and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On October 17 and 18, we will attend two major events in Beijing: bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping and the 3rd Belt and Road Forum […]

Reporter: The Constitutional Court (MK) has just issued the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding the requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates, Sir. What is your comment? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo): Yes, regarding the Constitutional Court’s decision, please ask the Constitutional Court, not me. Please ask to legal experts, let them assess […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) We have a good rice harvest as I think the technical irrigation in Subang and Indramayu is still excellent. I have asked the farmers and they told me that they could harvest 8-9 tons per hectare, an average of 8.6 tons per hectare. And the grain price, […]

Journalists How was the match, Sir? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) The score was six nil [to Indonesia]. Journalists How did the match go on, Sir? Wasn’t it exciting, Sir? President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Yes, it’s so exciting and very exhilarating because of the score which was six […]