Dutch PM Mark Rutte To Sri Lankan President Congratulate Prabowo Subianto

Prabowo Subianto received congratulations by telephone (Instagram/@Prabowo)

JAKARTA - A number of heads of state and heads of friendly state governments congratulated Prabowo Subianto, after he succeeded in winning the quick tally of the results of the 2024 Presidential Election of the Republic of Indonesia.

Quoted from his upload on Instagram, the Indonesian Minister of Defense revealed that he received congratulations by telephone from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien loong, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

"Alhamdulillah, we must be grateful and continue to oversee the official results of the KPU," Prabowo Subianto wrote, quoted from his Instagram account, Friday, February 16.

Yesterday, Dutch PM Mark Rutter also congratulated Prabowo. Through uploads on his X social media account, he hopes to continue to develop friendship between the two countries.

"I just congratulated @Prabowo Subianto following the projection of the election results in Indonesia yesterday. I hope to continue to develop strong friendship and ties between our two countries," wrote PM Rutte, quoted from Antara.

Meanwhile, the Commander of the Communication Team for the National Campaign Team (TKN) Prabowo Gibran, Budisatrio Djiwandono, there are a number of world leaders who have congratulated Prabowo for his superior vote based on the results of quick calculations, Czech Republic Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

According to him, the congratulations are a sign that the international community recognizes the existence of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as national leaders.

Nevertheless, Djiwandono stated that Prabowo-Gibran would still wait for the official count results from the General Elections Commission (KPU).