The 7th President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and the other three special envoys of President Prabowo Subianto, namely Ignasius Jonan, Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai and Deputy Minister of Finance Thomas Djiwandono have arrived in Rome, Italy, Friday, April 25.
Jokowi and a number of other presidential envoys are scheduled to attend Pope Francis' funeral at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26.
The president's special envoys brought personal letters from Prabowo to the Vatican government.
"Information last night, everything has departed and based on the time (of the flight), he has arrived in Rome," said Presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi, quoted from ANTARA.
However, said Prasetyo, Prabowo did not leave a special message to the four special envoys.
"The decision to depart does bring a personal letter from Mr. President Prabowo Subianto to the Vatican government. There is no specific message other than once, the Indonesian government and all Indonesian people, not only Catholics, of course they feel lost with the death of Pope Francis," he said.
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Prasetyo said Prabowo hoped that the spirit conveyed by Pope Francis to Catholics and all mankind in the world could be continued.
"We must continue the humanitarian values left by Pope Francis," he said.
As previously reported, Prabowo is known to have been unable to attend Pope Francis' funeral. However, the reason is not explained for sure.
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