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 […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. My fellow citizens, Alhamdulillah, Indonesia is one of successful countries in both handling the pandemic and maintaining economic stability. The balanced policy—which is proven effective in managing health and economic affairs—is the key to our success. As we can observe in the last few […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, we have handed over approximately 8,100 packages of assistance to all of you. The assistance of Rp50 million was distributed to those [houses] with severe damage, Rp25 million to those with moderate damage, and Rp10 million to those with light damage. However, […]

President of the Republic of Indonesia (Joko Widodo) We would like to ensure it considering that I receive a report that there are 53,000 quake-affected houses. Once again, 53,000 (quake-affected houses). 12,900 houses are severely damaged, 15,000 houses are moderately damaged, and 25,000 houses are lightly damaged. I have carried out inspection on the ground. […]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, Good afternoon, May prosperity be upon us all, Om swastiastu, Namo buddhaya, Greetings of virtue. Distinguished Vice President, Coordinating Ministers, Ministers, and Heads of Government Institutions. As 2022 comes to an end, I have a few things to say in welcoming 2023. First, the anticipation of disasters, extreme weather, and things […]