JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto was again hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the French Presidential Palace Élysée, Paris, France, Friday (23/1) evening local time, after the two attended the 2026 Davos Annual Meeting, World Economic Forum in Davos City, Switzerland.
President Prabowo arrived at the Élysée Palace when the Paris sky was dark and President Prabowo's arrival was greeted by a full-fledged honor guard and a musical unit that accompanied President Prabowo's steps into the Palace.
Throughout the inspection of the troops, President Prabowo responded to the honor given by the French honor guard.
Not long after, President Macron, who was still wearing his blue-lensed aviator glasses, immediately approached President Prabowo at the Élysée Palace courtyard.
President Prabowo, wearing a black long coat with his typical black turban, immediately removed his gloves when he was about to shake hands with President Macron. The two presidents shook hands, President Macron then hugged President Prabowo while embracing, and invited his country's guests to enter the Élysée Palace.
As reported by ANTARA, the temperature in Paris at that time was around 6 degrees Celsius, but the evening wind gusts made the temperature in the French capital feel like 2 degrees Celsius.
Just before entering the room, President Prabowo waved his hand to the Istana photographer who was in the courtyard area of the Palace. The two took a photo together while shaking hands right at the door. Macron held up his thumb while taking a photo with Prabowo.
"Thank you," Macron told the palace photographer and cameraman who captured the moment of the two leaders meeting.
The Presidential Secretariat in its official broadcast explained that President Prabowo and President Macron then headed to Le Salon des Portraits, where a dinner was held at the Élysée Palace.
"In the private dinner, President Macron hosted President Prabowo in a very familiar atmosphere. The conversation took place in a relaxed but meaningful atmosphere. The meeting became a dialogue room that strengthened personal communication while opening up opportunities for strengthening Indonesian-French cooperation in various strategic fields," said the official statement of the Indonesian Presidential Secretariat.
"The dinner at the Élysée Palace was not only part of the diplomatic agenda, but also a symbol of trust, closeness, and a shared commitment to continue strengthening the Indonesia-France relationship and expanding a mutually beneficial strategic partnership in the future," the Indonesian Presidential Secretariat explained in its official release. describing Prabowo and Macron's meeting on Friday night in Paris.
The reception given by President Macron to President Prabowo on Friday night was not the first, considering President Prabowo was once hosted by President Macron at the Élysée Palace on July 14, 2025, then when Prabowo was still the president-elect on July 24, 2024.
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