Anies At City Hall, Mayor Of Rotterdam Puji Pulan Bicycle And Transjakarta

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and Rotterdam Mayor Ahmad Aboutale (Photo via Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan received the arrival of Rotterdam Mayor Ahmad Aboutaleb at DKI Jakarta City Hall. This visit was carried out one day before the 20th Urban Mayor Summit 2022 which was held in Jakarta.

During the meeting, Anies said that he and Aboutaleb discussed the common challenges faced between Jakarta and Rotterdam, ranging from sea level rise to post-pandemic handling.

"Today I have the honor of accepting Ahmad Aboutaleb. He is the Mayor of Rotterdam, a city that has similarities in challenges with us. Cities on the beach, cities with sea level challenges, are also similar to those of Jakarta. We discussed matters relating to today's challenges, what we face in the future after the pandemic, as well as collaborating," said Anies at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, August 29.

Continuing, Aboutaleb praised the development developments that have occurred in Jakarta. Some of them are bicycle lanes to Transjakarta.

"I would like to congratulate the Governor and the public on the development of the city regarding congestion and the greener city environment. I see a bicycle lane, a functioning transjakarta, so great praise for city control," explained Aboutaleb.

Then, Aboutaleb himself and Anies also discussed issues that will be raised at the U20 forum tomorrow with a number of city delegates from various countries.

A number of issues discussed are the fuel crisis, food, climate change, flood management, energy transition, social environment and the transformation of a number of fields such as education and human resources.

"All of that will be discussed in the inter-gubernur discussion soon and we will take it to the G20 presidency at the end of this year's Bali. On the other hand, I see this opportunity can be a lesson more about urban development, about how we strengthen collaboration between us," he explained.

For information, DKI Jakarta Province will host Urban 20 (U20) Mayor Summit 2022 on August 30 and 31, 2022. In this case, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan will lead a forum with a number of city representatives in other countries.

U20 Mayors Summit is the culmination of the Jakarta leadership forum at U20 this year. This Summit will provide opportunities for U20 city leaders to gather, strengthen collaboration and submit recommendations to the Indonesian government at the G20 Leaders Summit which will take place in Bali on November 15-16, 2022.