President Jokowi Returns To Indonesia After Visiting 3 Countries

President Jokowi and Mrs. Iriana prepare to take off from Seoul Air Base Seongnam, Thursday (28/7/2022), to return to the country. ANTARA/HO-Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat/Rusman

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Mrs. Iriana returned to Indonesia after a series of working visits to three East Asian countries, namely China, Japan and South Korea.

On their last working visit in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday evening, July 27, President Jokowi and Mrs. Iriana took the Garuda Indonesia GIA-1 aircraft which took off from Seoul Air Base Seongnam, at around 21.30 local time.

Reported by ANTARA, a number of officials released the departure of the President and his entourage, namely the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Cho Hyun-dong, the Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea Gandi Sulistiyanto and Mrs. Susi Sulistiyanto.

Then, the Defense Attache of the Republic of Indonesia to South Korea, Colonel Pnb Akal Juang Embryono Teesna Putra and Ms. Santi Mandalika, the South Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Park Tae-sung and Madame Kang Sue Jeong, and the Commander of the Seoul Airbase Seongnam Brigadier General Kim Hyun-soo.

The President and his entourage are expected to arrive at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Friday (29/7) in the morning.

Also accompanying the President and Mrs. Iriana on the flight to the country were Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi.

Then, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of BUMN Erick Thohir, and Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM Bahlil Lahadalia.

The visit of the President and the ministers to the three countries, because China, Japan and South Korea are important partners of ASEAN and important partners in the context of the G20.