President Jokowi Is Scheduled To Hold 13 Bilateral Meetings During The ASEAN Summit In Jakarta

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will hold 13 bilateral meetings during the implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 5-7, 2023. (So far) there have been 13 bilateral meetings (scheduled)," said Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 1. He spoke to the media while accompanying President Jokowi to check the location of the conference. high level (KTT) The 43 ASEAN at the Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan, Central Jakarta. In addition to bilateral meetings with partner countries, the President of the Republic of Indonesia is scheduled to lead 12 summits, namely plenary sessions, informal meetings, the ASEAN-China Summit, the ASEAN-South Korea Summit, and the ASEAN-Japan Summit., the ASEAN Plus Three Summit (China, Japan, South Korea), as well as the East Asian Summit. "So you can imagine it "In three days the President must lead a total of 25 meetings, 12 of which are summits," said Retno. Retno explained that the 43rd ASEAN Summit will be attended by 22 countries, 11 ASEAN countries - including Timor Leste - and nine speech partner countries. The summit was also attended by two invited countries, namely Bangladesh as chairman of the Association of Indian Ocean Rings (IORA) and Cook Island as chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). IORA and PIF were invited, said Retno, is is part of Indonesia's priority as chairman of ASEAN to create a peaceful, stable, prosperous, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. "So when we talk about the Indo-Pacific, there is a southern Pacific side and an Indian side of Ocean Rim that we must start to embrace," said Retno. The summit which was held under the big theme ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth was also attended by various international organizations that became ASEAN partners, namely the United Nations, World Bank, Monetary Fund International (IMF), as well as the World Economic Forum (WEF). President Jokowi held 13 Bilateral Meetings During the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will hold 13 bilateral meetings during the implementation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta on September 5-7, 2023. "The bilateral meeting will continue to grow, (so far) there have been 13 bilateral (scheduled) meetings," said Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 1. He spoke to the media when accompanying President Jokowi to check the location of the 43rd ASEAN conference (KTT) at the Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan, Central Jakarta. In addition to bilateral meetings with partner countries, the President of the Republic of Indonesia is scheduled to lead 12 summits, namely plenary sessions, informal meetings, the ASEAN-China Summit, the ASEAN-South Korea Summit, and the ASEAN-Japan Summit. In addition, the ASEAN-United States Summit, the ASEAN-Canada Summit, the ASEAN-India Summit, the ASEAN-Australia Summit, the Summit The ASEAN-United Nations (UN), the ASEAN Plus Tiga Summit (China, Japan, South Korea), as well as the East Asian Summit. "So you can imagine that in three days the President will have to lead a total of 25 meetings, 12 of which are summits," said Retno. Retno explained that the 43rd ASEAN Summit will be attended by 22 countries, 11 ASEAN countries - including Timor Leste - and nine entrepreneurial partner countries. The summit was also attended by two invited countries, namely Bangladesh as chairman of the Association The Indian Ocean Ring (IORA) and Cook Island as chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). IORA and PIF were invited, said Retno, to be part of Indonesia's priority as chairman of ASEAN to create a peaceful, stable, prosperous, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region that embraces all parties.

"So when we talk about the Indo-Pacific, there is the southern Pacific side and the Indian Ocean Rim side which we have to start embracing," said Retno. The summit which was held under the big theme ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth was also attended by various international organizations that become ASEAN partners, namely the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Economic Forum (WEF).