After Turkey, Prabowo To Russia Scheduled To Meet Putin Today

JAKARTA - Indonesian Defense Minister (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto continued his journey from Ankara, Turkey, to Moscow, Russia. Prabowo is scheduled to meet a number of Russian ministers and President Vladimir Putin.

Head of the Public Relations Bureau of the Secretariat General of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense Brigadier General TNI Edwin Adrian Sumantha explained that Prabowo and the Indonesian delegation arrived in Moscow on Tuesday evening, July 30, and the entire agenda for the meeting is scheduled to take place today, Wednesday, July 31.

"The agenda for the visit began with a meeting at the Russian Ministry of Defense, where Defense Minister Prabowo met with Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belusov. This meeting is expected to discuss various important issues related to defense cooperation between the two countries," Adrian said when contacted, Wednesday, July 31, as reported by Antara.

He continued, Prabowo was then scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Moscow.

"This meeting is an important moment in strengthening diplomatic relations and cooperation between Indonesia and Russia," he said.

At Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, Prabowo's arrival was welcomed by the Deputy Director of State Protocol of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aleksander Vladimirovich Prusov, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia concurrently Belarus Jose Antonio Morato Tavares, and the Indonesian Defense Attache in Moscow First Marshal of the Indonesian Armed Forces Jatmiko Adi.

In several video recordings broadcast by Russian media, the convoy of vehicles carrying Defense Minister Prabowo crossed the streets of Moscow to the Kremlin, Wednesday afternoon local time. However, so far the Indonesian Ministry of Defense has not been able to explain the results of the meeting between Defense Minister Prabowo and President Putin.

President Putin is one of a number of foreign heads of state who congratulated Prabowo after he was appointed the winner of the 2024 presidential election and the President-elected of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024 '2029 period. Prabowo, who is currently the first son of President Joko Widodo, is scheduled to be inaugurated as president of the Republic of Indonesia along with his deputy, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, who is President Jokowi's eldest son on October 20, 2024.

Since he was appointed president-elect, Prabowo has visited abroad several times to meet the leaders of Indonesian partner countries, starting from Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) bin Abdulaziz.

Then, Prabowo in a series of overseas trips from last week until this week, also met French President Emmanuel Macron, Serbian President Aleksandar Vu Badminton, and Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan.