President Jokowi Attends Online ASEAN Summit on COVID-19

President Jokowi, accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Health, attends the online ASEAN Special Summit on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday (14/4).

President Joko” Jokowi” Widodo attended the online ASEAN Special Summit on the coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Bogor Presidential Palace on Tuesday (14/4).

The Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 was held under the chairmanship of Vietnam as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020. The Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc acted as chairman in this Summit.

The special Summit was joined by ASEAN countries’ leaders, namely Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Laos Thoungloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin, State Chancellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha, and Secretary General of the ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi.

Meanwhile this afternoon, the online ASEAN Plus Three Summit on COVID-19 will be attended by the ASEAN countries along with Japan, Korea and China.

Also present during the event were Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi and Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto. (BPMI/EN)

Translated by: Ridwan Ibadurrohman
Reviewed by: Mia Medyana