Vice President Ma'ruf Amin Receives Visit From Singapore's Coordinating Minister For Security

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin received an honorary visit from Singapore's Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta. Starting the meeting, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin expressed his condolences to Minister Teo Chee Hean over the death of Chew Poh Yim, his wife. Teo. "Welcome to Indonesia, I am pleased to meet Mr. Teo. Allow me to express my condolences for the passing of Mrs. Chew Poh Yim," said Vice President Ma'ruf. Vice President Ma'ruf at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta.

"Thank you, Mr. Vice President for welcoming me today. I also appreciate your kind welcome. Nice to meet you again, Mr. Vice President," Teo said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, December 1. Teo officially invited Ma'ruf Amin to attend the meeting. visit Singapore if the COVID-19 pandemic crisis conditions have subsided. "If the situation is possible, I would like to invite the Vice President to come to Singapore to visit all of us," he said. Minister Teo discussed a number of issues related to increasing cooperation between Indonesia and Singapore in the economic and education sectors. Previously, in May 2021, Ma'ruf Amin and Teo Chee Hean had time to communicate via telephone. In the communication via telephone, the Vice President welcomed the progress of work bilateral cooperation between the two countries, including the implementation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between Indonesia and Singapore.

In addition, the Vice President appreciated the negotiations for the opening of a travel corridor in the tourism sector from Singapore to Indonesia, especially the Batam and Bintan areas. that this progress is the starting point for our economy to recover which is safe from COVID-19," said the Vice President.