President Jokowi Continues State Visit To Saudi Arabia

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo and their entourage continued their visit to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after making a three-day state visit in Beijing, China.

Based on information received from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat, President Joko Widodo accompanied by the First Lady departed for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from Beijing on Wednesday evening at around 18.00 local time.

Reported by ANTARA, releasing the departure of the President and First Lady at Beijing Capital International Airport, namely the Minister of Housing and Development of Chinese Rural Affairs Ni Hong, the Indonesian Ambassador to China Djauhari Oratmangun, and the Indonesian Defense Attache at Beijing Brigadier General Mar. Benny P. Nadeak.

Earlier in Beijing, President Jokowi made bilateral visits to Chinese President Xi Jinping and attended the 3rd Belt and Road International Cooperation.

Meanwhile in Riyadh, President Widodo, as he said before leaving for Beijing, said he would hold a meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia and chair the first ASEAN-Gulf Cooperation Organization (GCC) summit.