President Jokowi Continues Visit To Abu Dhabi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will leave for Abu Dhabi after attending the COP26 World Leaders Summit series in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1-2, 2021. ANTARA/HO-Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat.

JAKARTA - After attending the COP26 World Leaders Summit series in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1-2, President Joko Widodo continued his overseas work trip to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The President and his entourage took off Tuesday, around 11.20 am local time from Glasgow Prestwick International Airport.

Launching Antara, Tuesday, November 2, it seemed that President Jokowi's departure at Glasgow Prestwick Airport included the Indonesian Ambassador to the UK, concurrently Ireland and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Desra Believe, Indonesian Defense Attache London Colonel TNI Ranon Sugiman, and local government officials. Scotland.

In Abu Dhabi, the President will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ), review a number of infrastructures, and meet with leaders and businessmen of the United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile, for two days in Glasgow, President Jokowi underwent a number of fairly solid work agendas. On the first day, President Jokowi held a business meeting with CEOs of British companies.

The meeting is expected to accelerate the realization of the investment commitments of companies attending the meeting which reached 9.29 billion US dollars to support the acceleration of the energy transition and green economy in Indonesia.

The President also attended the opening ceremony of the COP26 World Leaders Summit which was held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). In his speech, President Jokowi conveyed Indonesia's commitments in dealing with climate change, including a significant and lowest rate of deforestation in the last 20 years, to a reduction in forest fires of 82 percent in 2020.

On the sidelines of the COP26 summit, President Jokowi also held a bilateral meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh and emphasized Indonesia's commitment to continue to support the Palestinian struggle to become an independent, fully sovereign, and self-determined state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Meanwhile, at a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, President Jokowi, among other things, hoped that Slovenia would encourage the finalization of the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.

President Jokowi also held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson where the two leaders agreed to increase economic cooperation between the two countries.

To President Jokowi, PM Johnson even stated the importance of support in the form of green investment, support for multilateral development banks, and affordable green technology.

When meeting with United States President Joe Biden, President Jokowi at least discussed four main issues, namely the appreciation of cooperation in the health sector, the importance of the two countries to strengthen cooperation in the economy, climate change issues, and Indonesia's G20 presidency in 2022. , the two Heads of State also exchanged ideas on various international issues, including democracy, Myanmar, and Afghanistan.

On the second day, President Jokowi was one of the three speakers at the World Leaders Summit on Forest and Land Use. In his speech, President Jokowi, among others, conveyed the issue of forest management which must combine environmental and economic and social policy considerations.

President Jokowi also emphasized Indonesia's readiness to share experiences about its success in overcoming forest and land fires (karhutla).

Also accompanying the President on the flight to Abu Dhabi were Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.