JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) arrived in Hiroshima, Japan. The head of state is scheduled to attend the G7 Summit with partner countries or the G7 Outreach Summit 2023, tomorrow Saturday 20 May.
Sunny weather welcomes the arrival of Jokowi and First Lady Iriana arriving in Hiroshima on Friday 19 May at around 17:45 local time. The President's group traveled six hours of flight from Jakarta.
Based on information from the Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat, the arrival of Jokowi and Iriana was welcomed by Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenji Yamada, Japan's Head of Protocol Takehiro Shimada, Chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly Takashi Nakamoto.
Furthermore, the Chairman of the Hiroshima City Council Tatsunori Motani, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Japan Heri Akhmadi and his wife, as well as the Defense Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo Kol (AF) Andi Nur Abadi and his wife.
Jokowi and the First Lady then went straight to the hotel where they spent the night in Hiroshima to continue their work visit agenda the next day attending the G7 Summit.
It appears that welcoming the arrival of President Jokowi and Mrs. Iriana at the hotel where they spend the night are a number of ministers who have been in Hiroshima to prepare for the President's visit, including Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Consul General Osaka Diana Sutikno and husband, and DCM of the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo John Boestami.
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In a press statement before taking off at Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, Friday, President Jokowi said that the meeting of the G7 head of state would include issues of climate change, food, energy, i and other things.
Jokowi emphasized that Indonesia will consistently bring the voice of the interests of Global South (developing countries), collaboration, and partnerships that Indonesia will consistently carry.
"It's time for the voices and interests of developing countries to really be listened to by the world", said Jokowi.
President Jokowi will hold bilateral meetings with several countries, namely Japan, South Korea, England, France, Australia, and others and will meet several major Japanese businessmen in forum business formats.
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