Jokowi Lunch With Prabowo At The Bogor Palace

BOGOR - Deputy for Press, Media and Information Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat Bey Machmudin said the joint lunch agenda between President Joko Widodo and Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto at the Bogor Palace, West Java, Sunday (18/6), was common.

"So the President does live in the Bogor Palace. Well, knowing that Pak Prabowo is also in Bogor, in Hambalang, the President invites lunch," Bey said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 19.

According to Bey, in addition to eating lunch, Jokowi also talked with Prabowo about a number of actual things, including the issue of the main weapon system (alusista).

"Certainly (talking) actual issues, maybe also defense equipment problems," continued Bey.

Bey said Jokowi did regularly communicate with a number of ministers of the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet, even though it took place on weekends.

"With other ordinary ministers, on Sundays too, on Sundays, Saturdays, the President usually meets ministers," he added.

Sunday night (18/6), Prabowo uploaded the moment of his lunch with Jokowi through his official Instagram account @prabowo.

"Bogor Palace," reads Prabowo's short upload, embedding two photos of himself having lunch with Jokowi.

The photo was uploaded moments after a meeting between the Chairman of the PDI-P DPP Puan Maharani and the Chairman of the Democratic Party Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono at the Bung Karno Gelora Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Sunday afternoon (18/6).